Thank you, Mr. Pellerin.
That's all the time we have today.
I also wish to thank all the other witnesses who took the trouble to travel here today to take part in our examination of competitiveness. I have no doubt that this will enable us to produce a very interesting report. As we were saying earlier, even though we keep harping on the same things, sometimes if you hammer a nail often enough, you end up finding some good solutions.
Thank you very much for having participated in this study.
Gentlemen, as for the rest of us, we have to proceed with the adoption of a budget concerning our decision to go to Washington D.C. from June 3 to 5 to discuss country-of-origin labelling. You have before you two draft budgets.
Before he left, Mr. Easter had proposed the $27,509 budget. I'm sure that you will have deduced that if we use that budget, members of the committee participating in the mission will have to use their points. We're entitled to points when we go to Washington. Of course that would be the most economical budget.
As for the other budget of $52,949, all the costs would be borne by the committee or the government, regardless, if we don't use our points.
It's not up to me to suggest anything in particular, but one is much more economic than the other and Mr. Easter had raised the point that the committee should approve the travel budget for $27,509.
Mr. Lemieux.