Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to tell Gérard Deltell that I’ll take great care to learn the indigenous name of his constituency.
I’m a member of the second opposition. I wouldn’t go so far as to say that we miss the NDP. However, its absence on the committee is noticeable.
Mr. Chair, you said that the most powerful person wasn’t necessarily the chair, but the person who prepares the chair’s notes. I thought that you would say that the most powerful people are the members who sit on the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, because they can hold certain people to account. Ensuring transparency is a key value in a democracy. It’s a particularly fine challenge for me. That said, I feel that I’m keeping the seat warm for my former colleague from Terrebonne, Nathalie Sinclair‑Desgagné, who has filed a legal challenge to the election result. In the meantime, I’m here and I’m honoured to fulfill my duty.
I want to thank all the members for their trust in me.