Good morning.
Now that we're all assembled, I want to welcome the minister and his staff back again.
Some of your staff are becoming quite regular here, Mr. Minister. It's always good. It shows a great interest in our committee and the work we do, working cooperatively with the department to get things done.
As usual, we'll give the minister an opportunity to make some opening remarks, and then we'll open the floor for questions.
I want to thank the minister for taking the time to be here for the two-hour session. Some committee members really wanted to have you here for two hours, so we're delighted you managed to be able to do that.
With that, the floor is yours.