Sure, Mr. Chair.
Pierre, I hope you don't mind me shortcutting you here.
Just in response to Mr. Kelly, I would plan, if this meeting were to suspend or adjourn, to get on the phone and open up some of the legislation and review a few pieces of the motion this evening. I can't guarantee saying it will be two hours and I'll have an answer. If I do, I'll call Pierre as soon as I do, or the other members of this committee who are interested in speaking, with a view to resolving the situation as soon as possible.
I do hesitate, having just received the motion, to make decisions on it. I would like to satisfy myself that I'm confident on what I'm agreeing to. There are a few items in there that we hadn't discussed before as a committee, including the Ethics Commissioner. I mentioned the technical possibilities of just getting documents quickly, but I do want to take the time to fully appreciate what the sections of the legislation that have been cited actually say. I would undertake to have a phone call tomorrow morning with anyone on this committee who wants to speak.
The one caution I have is that I am booked for a couple of meetings later this evening that will eat into a few hours up until about 10 p.m. It's not as though this is the only task I'll be working on this evening. If it's possible for me to get through my concerns that soon....
I will give it my best effort, Mr. Kelly, to resolve it on that timeline, and if not, hopefully as soon as tomorrow.