Mais d'abord, je dois préciser ceci: notre mandat principal consiste à représenter nos membres. Or, sur la question qui nous occupe aujourd'hui, nos membres ne sont pas unanimes quant aux solutions à adopter.
However, before I do that I need to make one point, that is, our primary raison d'être is to represent our members, and in this particular situation, may I add, there's really not a consensus among our members on what the right answers are for this very important question.