Hon. Brent Cotter: Honourable senators, a number of you might be aware that a witness at one of our committee hearings earlier today suffered a serious health incident. I wanted to inform senators of two things.

First, the witness is on the mend and appears to be in the process of making a full recovery, which is encouraging for all of us to hear.

Second, the staff of the Senate responded professionally, honourably and urgently to the situation to assist the witness. I want to give special recognition and thanks to Senators Osler and Ravalia who came immediately to the aid of the witness when they were contacted and assisted in his situation. Thank you for that.