Mr. Chair, I understand that Mr. Ellis is making a kind of preamble as to the work we're going to do. I would agree with the idea of allowing each of the parties to make a preamble or an opening statement before beginning the clause-by-clause study.
I'd also like to make a preamble. We've heard a lot of things, and before explaining the amendments I'm going to propose, I'd like to specify the framework in which they were made. I think this is important.
If the members of the committee agree, we could determine a speaking time for this preliminary statement. For my part, I don't need more than two and a half minutes.
Mr. Ellis could perhaps conclude his preamble, eventually.