Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Just with respect to those pre-budget consultation issues, I will say that I'd be happy for the committee to be able to move on to that in the very short term. I think we just.... With the minister appearing on Thursday, that gives us two more meetings after today in our regular schedule. It would be wonderful to be able to spend those meetings on the pre-budget consultation report.
I think that the best way to do that is to get to a vote on the amendment and the motion that we have before us. I'm going to spend a little time talking, but with the caveat that I'm very happy to stop talking at any point if we have unanimous consent to give each party another two or three minutes to speak and then proceed to a vote on the amendment and a vote on the motion.