Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Seeing that the officials have been patiently waiting, I would suggest that we try to move forward if the opposition wants to hear from officials and if members on this side want to hear from officials. The officials are present and I would suggest that we move forward on it this evening.
Then I would entertain suggestions from the opposition with regard to whether or not they want to hear from witnesses. That would have to be done potentially on Thursday; however, I might note that Mr. Brison would like to be here. I have spoken with him and unfortunately he is not available Thursday morning. That's unfortunate, but I do want to respectfully indicate that if the committee did want to hear from witnesses, Thursday might not entirely work out for Mr. Brison.
We have to do clause-by-clause. I would suggest that on Monday we meet to do clause-by-clause, which would mean that if we are going to hear witnesses it might be a very long meeting on Monday, but it does have to be done before the afternoon.
Those are my comments.