Mr. Chairman, I think we should come back to the agenda. Some issues should be studied more closely based on what Mr. Woodworth and Mr. Warawa just said.
So let's come back to the agenda. I think we are at item three. I would like us to immediately put under "other matters" government legislative planning. I understand what Mr. Woodworth said. That goes without saying. When a bill is tabled, the committee makes it its priority.
In order to help the committee and the subcommittee plan its work, we have to know what the government's timelines are. We need to be able to plan our work. If the review of standards which was contained in the 2007 electoral platform is to take place next spring, that is less of a problem than if the government announced that it would table a bill within the next two weeks. I would like to ask the government if it is working with us, the members of the committee, and if so, that it give us some indication to help us plan our work.
Let me just repeat that on the issue of the oil sands, no date nor deadline was mentioned. So the study could be carried on indefinitely.
If we want to have a good work plan, produce a good study and in particular a good report, we have to know what the government intends to come up with over the next few months.