Mr. Ayoub made the point that we need some specific suggestions or alternatives to just having the May 1 deadline. I think one specific point that came from both opposition parties at our last meeting was the need to have some kind of set date or deadline, or range of dates, for the budget. Mr. Whalen, I think, was suggesting that, because we don't have consensus, we should just keep studying the estimates process. I'm fine with that as an outcome, but I would just reiterate that I think it would be possible for our committee to agree to refer this question about the standing order to PROC, as long as we did it in a neutral way, without recommending a specific change. That would result in PROC doing a study, which I think is how it would respond to the request anyway. I don't think that any lack of consensus by this committee needs to delay things. If we want to refer this question to PROC today, we can do that.
