He's like a horse in a stable. He's ready to go. He's champing at the bit here. He really wants to get out there. I think he's next on the list, so I'll wrap up.
I hope we have an agreement tomorrow. I appreciate the fact that government has seemingly moved on some of its positions, and I hope that we can come to some conclusion with input from our colleagues in the Bloc and the NDP about what's a reasonable timeline in terms of getting the bill out of committee, or when we think we could get it out of committee or start our final clause-by-clause.
I suspect we might be able to agree if it were June 3, but I'll just put that out there as a marker. Perhaps we could pick that up tomorrow morning, and then we may be able to hear from witnesses next week as best we can, understanding that we will put in some additional witness testimony or additional meeting hours next week so that we can hear from witnesses. I'm hoping that the 12 hours of witness study will satisfy the NDP, which was hoping for more witnesses from the beginning.
I'm hopeful that we can actually get to a witness study. I don't think it's a great practice if we have House instruction for budget bills, or certainly any bill that's 600 pages—really any bill at all but at least a budget bill that's 600 pages.
Mr. Chair, I appreciate your indulgence, the wide latitude that you've provided me here this evening. I expect that Mr. Genuis will not have the same latitude and will be held very rigidly to the relevance of the sub-amendment, but thank you very much for your indulgence. I appreciate it.
Good night and Godspeed.