Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'm never as good at resolving impasses as MP Blaikie is, so we'll see what he has to say after me.
I might have misunderstood exactly what was being asked for with regard to the budget timeline and pre-budget consultations. One date that I do have is the timeline that the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance gave for her own pre-budget consultations, which is February 25. That is publicly listed. That is information that I'm happy to share with the committee. I don't know if that's a helpful piece of information with regard to Mr. Ste-Marie's question.
With regard to Mr. Chambers' concern and timeline, I still believe that your amendment is kind of out of order for this particular motion, but I do want to resolve the invite. If you were able to find a way to let this motion go through and withdraw your amendment, then I think we would be supportive of re-extending the invite with a deadline. We could do that with a separate motion following this motion.