Thank you, Chair.
I have to reiterate what the parliamentary secretary said. I won't repeat it, because she said it so well.
Regarding the recommendation of Mr. Brison and Ms. Nash, in looking at the two-hour time period, I think Canadians would really want to hear from the finance minister. We should give him the proper amount of time so that we can ask him appropriate questions. The same applies to the Bank of Canada. To water down their time would be inappropriate.
Second, I want to make sure, as the parliamentary secretary said, that we don't have people come in here and start speculating and giving their opinions and impressions, which are based on what? A crystal ball? I think it's better that we stick to the facts, and the two people who can provide the best facts are the finance minister and the Bank of Canada.
I think we need to stick to that at the proposed meeting, keeping in mind that we do have our pre-budget consultations coming up. Hopefully we have economists lined up as witnesses. I think that would be a good time to talk about options and alternatives, because they will be based on what ought to be presented in the next budget, not on a crisis that happened in the past.