Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I appreciate the fact that colleagues have had a chance to read this. I didn't want to delay the teleconferencing. I think people went to a lot of trouble to get the witnesses here, so I'm glad we were able to act with dispatch.
The motion reads:
That this Committee recommends that the Standing Orders in effect on October 5, 2006, including the provisional Standing Orders, be made permanent, and, That the adoption of this motion be reported to the House forthwith.
By way of brief explanation, Mr. Chairman, this topic has been discussed at other meetings and in other venues. These provisional orders will expire if they're not dealt with by November 21. We did agree collectively on that extension, and they were dealt with as a package. They were actually brought in when the government as in opposition, and they were proposed then. We, the government at the time, accepted them, and because they were dealt with as a package, we feel it's appropriate that they be dealt with again as a package.