It is tied. Let's try it again.
Who would like the questions sent to the clerk? Raise your hand.
There are five.
Who is against doing that?
There are two.
Well, we haven't got a consensus. Having said that, I would excuse the presenters.
Excuse me, presenters, could I ask you to do something for me, please, as chair? If you could, and with our thanks for your presentation, I would like you to quickly exit outside the door, and if anyone wants to speak with you, they can speak with you outside the door. We have two pieces of business, and I do have another committee that needs to be in right away.
I sincerely thank you for your presentation today. It was very insightful.
If I could get the committee together as our presenters are making their way out, I would like to ask two things of the committee.
We will be asked to adopt a budget at next Thursday's meeting. This is to cover the expenses of witnesses, who will be travelling to Ottawa, as well as to cover part of our study on post-market surveillance.
We also have another issue. There has been a request for some fruit and cookies to be brought in because we have a meeting between eleven and one. The cost is not very much; it's around $50 a meeting. The sandwiches are very expensive, but cookies and fruit will tide us over and are not too much. Can we agree that it is okay to bring those in?