I have my comments on the motion, but I also have my comments on the work of the committee.
I think we should address the motion, and if it gets adopted, then we should prioritize what this committee should be working on. I'll have a question for the parliamentary secretary, because I think we need to have an idea of when the budget implementation bill will come on. Then at that point, we can prioritize where we're going to place this. As John was saying, this study could go on forever. It could continue on.
The motion says, and I'll read it in English:
That the Standing Committee on Finance undertake a study on government assistance to the Canadian financial sector.
But we seem to be spinning off, so this could be a never-ending type of study. Not that I have a problem with it, but then you're looking at all kinds of other people who are involved in financial institutions, whether they be investment bankers, as Mr. Wallace was saying, institutional lenders. It would be all kinds of things. We have to have a list. Mr. Menzies was saying CDIC also, Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation. So this is something that is going to be, I think, a comprehensive study. Or is it going to be a small study? Either way, I'm supportive of it, but I think we have to sort of wrap our heads around it and see what the produit final is going to be before we go ahead with it. Then we have to prioritize what we want to do as a committee.