Mr. Chairman, it's a proposal from one member to ask for six hours of estimates. Again, I think the estimates are important. In the history of this committee, I don't think we've even spent an hour, because some committee members have not been interested in asking questions, not because the subject matter has been important or not important. Let's be reasonable here. I would suggest that perhaps we put the second hour aside. We'll see how that goes. Perhaps we put an hour and a half aside and see how that goes, and if we need to, we'll set up another meeting. But we don't even know which departments we're going to be looking at.
Perhaps Mr. Mulcair could provide us the ones with which he wants to spend six hours, but the Revenue Canada estimates are not worth six hours of our time, whether Mr. Mulcair believes that or not. I don't believe we've ever spent six hours on all the estimates that we've looked at. In Finance, there is not even material in all the appropriations that get out there. Let's be reasonable in this.
My suggestion would be we take the second hour and maybe take the second hour and a half. So perhaps we could have a meeting for two and a half hours, from 9 to 11:30, and spend an hour or an hour and a quarter with Mr. Carney so we can have a third round, and then have the estimates for another hour and a half or an hour and a quarter. Then we see how that goes, and at the same time have the infrastructure people here for Thursday so they have time to prepare. And if we need to have a meeting, we'll have one on Wednesday.
You have to use some discretion, Mr. Chair.