Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First I would like to say that this is not just my motion; Mr. Pacetti probably deserves more credit for putting this forward than I do because he originally came up with the concept of going down this road. I re-worked part of his motion into what you see in front of you. Certainly he has spent a great deal of time with me, talking about the potential direction of it.
Quite frankly, it's kind of nice to come to the table at Finance every once in a while and say that we have the better interests of the country in front of us, and we can find ways to agree with each other and not necessarily always disagree. It doesn't mean that the outcome of this report will be something the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party will necessarily agree with 100%, but I think the intent is there.
I certainly want to thank Mr. Pacetti for his efforts on this, because I think it actually makes sense. I think it will be a study this committee can be proud of and look to as a longer-term potential strategy for the government--whichever government that may be--to use as a tool and an opportunity to potentially implement some of the research work and some of the effort we put forward on this report.