Are there any other comments from colleagues?
Well, it is a point of order, and I'll respond to the point of order.
As you know, we did have a steering committee meeting. We had no agenda set as of when we left, and we had six meetings coming up. I couldn't leave the agenda empty. The Parliamentary Budget Officer did issue a report, last month now, which is four-square within the mandate of this particular committee. It speaks to a specific study that we are doing, the translation of which will be available at the end of this week.
Like you, we appreciate the work that the Parliamentary Budget Officer does on our behalf. I did speak to as many colleagues as I could over the course of the week prior to our return, and it seemed to be a consensus that Mr. Page would be invited.
I did make several efforts to contact Mr. Warkentin. And I did make the comment, because I believe in the collegiality of trying to work with people prior to any media issue. The media were actually quite interested as to what we were going to be doing for the next few weeks.
So it was an effort on my part to make sure that we had something on the agenda. As I say, it's four-square within the mandate. The report is timely and is of relevance to us.