Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to clarify a couple of things. One is that I'm new to this process, and two, I don't feel that was a formal sort of questioning, and I was surprised that the chair would have done it. I don't think you should make a big deal out of it.
I think the reason has been stated: that we are in a CBC mandate review. It's important, I think, that we have the ability to move forward. This is an issue that has been raised by a number of our presenters. This is an enormous task that we have, particularly at this point in time, and if the committee would accept, then I think it would be wise for us to even interrupt the CBC study to do a one-day study, then do our report, and then continue with our CBC mandate.