Thanks, Mr. Chair.
I don't have time for a question, so I wanted to make a piece of commentary. I am very concerned about the growing divide in this country between rural and urban. I think we are hearing it in some of the testimony. It's not by nature an “urban versus rural” issue only, but it tends to break down along those lines.
I want to encourage all of us in the context of this debate to be mindful—this isn't aimed at anyone in particular—of our hyperbole when we're talking about these issues. I think we have a tendency sometimes to go to the extreme of the spectrum on both sides of any particular issue in this place. I, at least, in my line of questioning, am really trying to get to the middle ground where there's a bit of truth.
I think we have to be mindful of this growing divide in our country, and I say that as someone who comes from the west but represents an urban riding. In lieu of a question, I simply wanted to end with that particularly important sentiment, in my view.