Thank you.
I really appreciate Mr. Barrett's intervention.
There are three things I want to say. One is that if the private member's bill of Mr. Johns were to go to committee, it would go, to my understanding, to the justice committee. Perhaps the clerk could clarify that. I would be more than happy if it came to the health committee. If it went to both committees, if it were passed, I would also be delighted, but I think some clarification would be helpful in that regard.
Personally, my preference would be to keep COVID and children's health separate, but to clarify how much timing is needed for each, I think it's valid to have a meeting in three weeks' time to determine the frequency. My personal feeling is that COVID can probably be dealt with in one and four rather than one and two. That would open up the schedule for some of these other important areas.
I would also suggest that we need to go back a bit. I remember Mr. Berthold speaking quite passionately about the need for six studies for children's health, and that a lot of it would be around mental health and the backlog in children's health. It might be useful to revisit the premise for that and then perhaps re-recommend on the number of studies needed, whether it be four or six. I think some discussion between four or six may be useful to allow us to handle the calendar efficiently.
Thanks.