Thank you, Mr. Chair. I won't take much time.
Let's look at the calendar. I want to try to accommodate the issue that Wayne just brought up in terms of the supplementary estimates--and it will be one meeting. We have a meeting on March 15, a meeting on March 17, and a meeting on March 22. If the supplementary estimates have to be done by March 23, pick one of those meetings. We will work on the report for the other two.
We then have meetings on March 24, 29, and 31 before the break. That gives us three more meetings. Wayne, I'm suggesting that we still take those three meetings. That leaves two meetings, then, to deal with the issues that you want. I don't have an issue with dealing with your motions, but some of those will hopefully get rectified even in our report. That gives us two meetings at the end to deal with the motion. I don't think anybody will be concerned about staying if they can. If we know far enough ahead, there will be consensus to extend the meeting to deal with the report.
All I'm saying is that if we're actually really serious about doing the report, then let's make the accommodations around getting the report done rather than the accommodations around the motions. I believe we can do both of them if we put our minds to it.
March 15 and 17, we'll give you one of those days or March 22 to do the supplementary estimates. We'll come back on March 24, 29, and 31. We can finish the report on, say, March 24, which gives you March 29 and 31, or you can finish the report on March 31 and do your motions on March 24 and 29.
All I'm saying is we have a timeline. We have some time back here. Let's make the best use of it. Let's put our time on the table, get the report done and get to the motions that affect the pork and beef industries. I'm not opposed to that.
That's my motion. I'm going to keep the motion on that it still be three meetings. If we want to extend it, the steering committee can change it. I have a motion on because I think we need to get serious about getting it done.