Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I think at the last meeting we saw a lot of cooperation from government members in terms of supporting motions that were put forward by the opposition, realizing that we all recognize how important this program is to Canadians. I have to say, part of the tone that my colleague Mr. Savage used today is a good sign too, recognizing that in funding that went out on Friday to organizations, at least we're being open-minded to recognize that we are trying to make this program the best it can be.
I particularly liked the fact that you noted that Minister Solberg is a good guy, and using that spirit of cooperation.
I don't think we need to have an emergency basis. What I would suggest, and I think we had success doing this previously in terms of trying to find a way to work this without playing procedural games—I think we had success with that two weeks ago and we should continue in that spirit—is that instead of having emergency meetings, as we all have other duties here around the Commons, that we simply put clause-by-clause back on this bill that I think we're going to do on Thursday. We could have a further discussion on the summer jobs programs on Thursday, but rather than disarrange everyone's schedules, I would suggest that we continue to meet on the basis we already do as a committee.
So I'd ask Mr. Savage to maybe give that some consideration as an area of common ground, because that could certainly still be done within the May 31 timeline.