Thank you, Madam Chair.
As I indicated in the previous meeting, I thought it would be a good idea for us to take some time and look at the issue overall, as opposed to dealing with procurement and one-offs. I think we've all had a number of issues brought to our attention, either in procurement in general or access of small and medium-sized businesses to the federal procurement process.
That's the motion, and I understand there's a suggestion to perhaps have a steering committee meeting or a separate meeting to go over the dates and witnesses. I'm certainly amenable to that. I don't have a problem with it.
I intentionally left the witness list out of the motion because I suspect that different members of the committee are going to have different witnesses they would like to have appear. I think this gives us the opportunity to think about it for a day or two and then come forward with witnesses that we feel would be appropriate. That's why I've deliberately left that witness list out of the motion.
I think it's a good suggestion that we have a steering committee meeting or an alternate meeting, and I look forward to that happening in the near future, if possible.