Thank you, Chair.
I'm sensing a consensus among committee members. It's nice to see that, because it is very important that everybody understands that we are Canadians, that we do things a little differently from other countries, that we sit around a table and talk about things and get the right things done on behalf of Canadians.
Based on the consensus I'm seeing, Chair, I move that we actually go forward with a meeting on Friday at 9 o'clock with the Minister of Finance until 10 o'clock, and a representative of the Bank of Canada—preferably Mark Carney, but a representative if he is unavailable—from 10 to 11. That will start these consultations.
I'd like to remind committee members that what Ms. McLeod said is absolutely true. We'll soon start our pre-budget consultations for next year and we will have a chance to talk to a lot of economists and a lot of Canadians across the country. I'm sure the economy and options for it as we move forward will be the main issues, so that might be a more appropriate time. It would be after we have received good information from both the finance minister and the Bank of Canada on the current situation, so I make that motion.