We'll have to leave it there. Thank you very much, Mr. Zuberi.
Colleagues, collectively I'd like to thank the team of senior officials from ESDC and Global Affairs for being with us today.
I also thank them for the work they are doing.
We will let you disconnect.
Could I keep members online just for hopefully no more than a few minutes? I'd like to raise an issue of housekeeping with you relating to Thursday's meeting, which is scheduled to be on Ukraine.
Colleagues, I'm in conversations with the vice-chairs and Ms. McPherson on how to best utilize the committee's time with respect to managing our work. We have top-level discussions in the subcommittee. We then have a need to often tweak and adjust witness lists, the timing of work plans, budgets and other issues. That's a conversation that's taking place separately.
Today what I wanted to flag with you in that context is just a brief revisiting of the original work plan on the Ukraine meeting number three, which is on Thursday, and to flag with you that the work plan was developed prior to the invasion by Russia of Ukraine. My question to you is whether you would agree to mandate or task the analysts to have a look at this work plan to bring it up to date in light of current circumstances to bring the best possible witnesses we can take on board for Thursday to allow us to take account of the changed facts and really move forward.
If we kept the original work plan, which is in the committee's hands, that's the status quo. If you take no decision, the original work plan governs, but it would take us backwards in terms of the timing and the conversations, which in many respects have already happened.
I just wanted to get your thoughts with the recognition that we will continue a conversation on how to best utilize the committee's more administrative time in managing our work.
I now give the floor to Mr. Bergeron.