I was going to cede my time to Mr. Waugh, but I'll just offer a few comments on what Ms. Thomas just said, and that's to do with the charter statement.
This afternoon we'll be hearing from the CRTC. They are, obviously, the entity that will be implementing this piece of legislation. They're the ones who will be granted the regulatory powers to do any number of things. Again, to commit to a deadline of this Friday, without even hearing from those implementing the legislation, I think, is premature.
To comments from Ms. Thomas about the charter statement, I think that is a troubling scenario, where an assumption is made and that assumption has been dispelled by the chair of the CRTC. I think we need clarity on that, whether that's an updated charter statement from the Minister of Justice or whether it's the minister appearing before this committee to make the argument in terms of that charter statement and the continued prevalence of that statement, given the testimony we have heard.
Again, I'm not ready to commit to a deadline. I think we can all have conversations off-line over the next little while and see if there might not be a scenario that we can come to. I think, first and foremost, we need to hear from the witnesses. Until such time that we've heard from our witnesses, then we are not ready or able to commit to a deadline to have amendments.
I'll leave that at this point for now, and look forward to comments.
I believe Mr. Waugh has some comments to make.