You say the research shows that you are on the right track. This research and these studies are based on documents or facts not necessarily connected with the federal government or with known SMEs that have provided testimony here.
I'm amazed that you trust this research. The federal government is a very special niche, quite different from anything else in society. So then, I would put a big question mark next to these findings.
Mr. Poole, if you were asked to put a moratorium on what you're now doing... On October 19, 2006, furniture manufacturing firms told the committee that PWGSC's actions were adversely affecting their industry. In November 2006, we heard complaints from other people. Last week, a witness told us that things were not going so well. Again today, companies are facing the prospect of having to close their doors because of your actions. Yet, you haven't done any studies and you have nothing to base yourself on to prove that the direction you are taking is fair, honest and right.
Mr. Poole, if a summer-long moratorium were imposed on your plan and you were asked to come back before the committee in September or October to present a clear, concise and coherent action plan to convince parliamentarians that you are on the right track, would three or four months give you enough time to come up with such a plan? It may seem clear to you, but we have nothing in writing.