Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I think we're probably getting close to being ready for the question on this, but perhaps I can make a couple of final comments.
First, I appreciate the comments made by my colleagues, but I would encourage us all, as parliamentarians, as members of this committee, to try as much as possible to retain some objectivity as we continue studying this. I think it behooves us to do that on both sides of this issue.
In addition to the witnesses who have been mentioned, personally I would be very interested in hearing from another NAFO country, maybe even one of the coastal states that will be affected by this amendment in a similar way, or maybe Norway, which has already ratified this.
I think the additional time, in addition to allowing us to hear witnesses as we develop the report, would allow us some time to actually talk to one another, as well, rather than to just vote on a motion. We could get a sense of and flesh out our own positions on this at the end of our study. We would be able to write a report that is balanced and understand one another better. This time will allow us at least some time--not a lot of time, but some time--to actually produce a report that is the subject of some discussion among ourselves.