I would like to have a general discussion before we start approving individual budgets. As I said the other day, Mr. Chairman, I really believe these three trips, whether they're four days, five days, or whatever their length, need to be divided evenly among, first, the three western provinces; second, Manitoba and Ontario; and third, Quebec and Atlantic Canada.
As I stated the other day, most of the presenters we get here when we hold our hearings in Ottawa typically come from central Canada. I really think this is an opportunity for the committee to get a better sense of some of the challenges faced by the three western provinces.
If we approve these individually the way they are, I cannot support them. I would like to ask the committee to reconsider the various locations that we travel to. I don't believe it has to increase the cost; it's just a matter of re-juggling where we're going and when.