Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I think it's important to take a step back, because I know there are many people watching this committee meeting right now across the country, and it may not be clear to them what it is we're talking about. We need to take a step back—it's been a few days that we've been trying to deal with this programming motion—and explain to those watching what it is we're doing here.
Right now, we're debating a subamendment that I put forward on a motion. Basically, what it says is that on the week of the 28th, one meeting be dedicated to hearing from the Minister of Finance for two hours, one meeting be dedicated to hearing from Mark Carney for three hours, and that clause-by-clause not begin until the aforementioned witnesses appear for the requested times.
Now, in order to understand what that means, we need to back up and look at the motion as a whole—