That's a great question.
We did test with Mr. Marion. We were having challenges right up to the time that we started the meeting. We were hoping that they would be rectified. As we can see, they were not. We've heard from interpreters that they cannot get the sound to be able to do their job in a safe way and to be able to do their job effectively by getting all of the interpretation correct, so the decision was made, as is our protocol, to not have Mr. Marion.
We apologize for the technical challenges. However, we do the testing beforehand, Mr. Morantz, and we try to do the best we can with the witness. Sometimes it's the Internet; sometimes it's just computers.
I understand—and I'll just share this with members—that Mr. Marion's computer was going through an update. Right before, it just started an update. That happens. It's happened to some of the members here, and those are the things that take place.
We don't have full control over technology, and sometimes it does let us down. However, I have to say—I've stopped the time—that in many of the meetings we've had here in our committee, in all committees and throughout the House of Commons, with the ability to use Internet and the technology that we have before us, we've been able to bring in amazing witnesses from right across the country and right around the world. At our last meeting, we had witnesses from Paris, France and from Stockholm here with us.
That's where we are right now, Mr. Morantz. I'm going to go back to Mr. Fast.
We stopped the time. You still have two-plus minutes.