Mr. Oliphant, thank you very much.
I just received a very helpful note from the clerk, which is that in a previous Parliament the committee had given the chair the authority to schedule briefings as urgent issues arose. The committee may wish to consider giving the chair and the clerk and analysts the authority to schedule briefings on Ethiopia and Haiti, because there seems to be an interest in those. That's something you could contemplate, in addition to finalizing the subcommittee report as amended.
Is there any further discussion at this point on Mr. Chong's amendment?
I see Mr. Oliphant's hand, but I think that's unrelated to it.
Seeing none, Mr. Chong, we have approved your amendment unanimously. Congratulations.
(Amendment agreed to)
That takes us back to the main motion. I understand that Mr. Oliphant wants to come in on that point, so I will give him the floor, and then Ms. McPherson.