Okay.
Can I move an amendment that we change “by February 2” to “within the first 30 sitting days”? I'll give you my reasons for that change.
One, we've heard from us and we've heard from at least two opposition parties that they agree in principle. My assertion is that if the Liberal members of this committee vote for this based on the wording, the “notwithstanding the standing committee” piece, I think they're agreeing in principle on this.
“It was absolutely the right thing, and we had started on this track to protect the tax base, to ensure tax fairness and to work for the productivity of the nation”: I didn't say that; John McCallum said that, on Question Period, November 5, 2006.
All of us seem to agree that based on the way Parliament works, a ways and means motion would come back to us after second reading, because it's going to get passed in principle. All I'm saying is that we heard from the parliamentary secretary that sometime before the budget, before the break, or the second week after the break, we'll be back here, we'll be sitting.
My amendment of 30 sitting days would give the chairman a chance to operate the committee properly and call witnesses properly. We would have it done within the first five weeks of sitting in this session.