Colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to meeting 27 of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates as we continue our study of Canada Post.
I have a couple of quick housekeeping points first. As all of you know, we were originally scheduled to meet today from 3:30 to 6:30, but because of votes that were unanticipated at the time this meeting was called, votes will be held at 6 p.m. The bells will start ringing at 5:30. Now, normally it is the practice of all committees to adjourn their committee proceedings immediately upon bells. However, since we have a number of organizations who were scheduled to be here for two hours, we'd be shortchanging them by approximately an hour.
I will take the advice of the committee. Since we're only a few steps down from the House of Commons, would the committee agree to wait until 5:45 p.m. to adjourn? I know it's only an extra 15 minutes, but at least it gives our colleagues, who have been here to present in anticipation of a two-hour session, an extra 15 minutes.
Do I have the concurrence of the committee to allow us to adjourn at 5:45 instead of 5:30?