One of the key things I was going to mention is what Mr. Blaikie talked about a minute ago. I do recall that our governor had asked whether or not he could bring officials, and I wanted to bring up whether or not we'd be okay with his bringing them, so I entirely agree with Mr. Blaikie's comment. I do think it's important for us to hear from the Governor of the Bank of Canada on inflation, and I'd be, as Mr. Beech mentioned, very open to having another motion, although I'm not sure we need one. I think if we're all in agreement, we can ask the clerk to extend another invitation to the governor and we can talk a little bit about timing.
In terms of the budget, this will be my third budget process. Typically a date is set, and then we usually give three to four weeks to the analysts to come up with a draft report. Then we usually have two big sessions in which we go through all of the recommendations, and those are fairly intensive. Then a final report is crafted from that.
I'm not sure if this is helpful, but it seems as though we might need a little bit of time to figure out the time. It might be helpful if we move pre-budget consultations to Monday, which is just two days away, and then by that point maybe have a proposal about how we unfold Bill C-8 and then also how, if we're making an invitation to the Governor of the Bank of Canada, that would fit in with any of the proposed timelines around Bill C-8.
I don't know if everyone is amenable to that. I hope even our side is amenable to it. It seems as though that might be the most sensible proposal.
Thank you.