Thank you very much.
I think partly I just wanted to confirm with Mr. Chambers that he's proposing to invite the Governor of the Bank of Canada on Bill C-8. I think that would be the effect of his amendment. I'm not sure whether that's the intention or not. I'm just looking for a little bit of clarity there.
To reinforce what Monsieur Ste-Marie was saying, I think it is an important question: What is the window for government to consider the work that's coming out of this committee? For the government to offer a deadline for the completion of this committee's work in the pre-budget period is not to reveal a budget date. All it says is that if they gave us a date of February 28, it would just be to say that the budget's not coming before February 28. I don't think that would be a particularly incredible commitment for them to make or be any kind of sensitive information. It would just give this committee and all of the people who want to submit briefs and provide information a reasonable expectation that it's not in vain.
I would be satisfied if Mr. Beech would undertake to get a date from the government, or if you would, Mr. Chair. If we need to do something more formal and have the committee write a letter to the government in order to get that information, so be it. I really do think it's a reasonable expectation and in keeping with the budget process in normal times, at least. As we are all concerned about getting back to normal, I think this is one small way in which we could begin that long road.