Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I am, actually. And I would contend that this motion is out of order. I don't want to be interpreted as being hostile to the intent of the motion, because I don't presume to speak for all colleagues here, but I think it is an important issue and one that probably could be dealt with with a fair amount of dispatch.
I would contend that this meeting's intent, under Standing Order 106(4), is expressly to discuss the allegations made regarding the Conservative Party of Canada's systematic attempt to defraud Elections Canada, as well as the Canadian taxpayer, in relation to the 2006 federal election. I would contend that this is the sole purpose for this meeting. I would reiterate that after we dispense with that matter--and I understand that we do have a timeframe--if the chair wants to seek consensus from this entire committee to save the last 10 or 15 minutes to deal with the whole issue, since the Chief Electoral Officer is seeking clarification on that, we could dispense with that quite quickly. I think most of our parties, indeed our party leaders, are on record with a view on that issue. So I don't think that would take a lot of time, but I would contend that procedurally we are obligated under the Standing Orders to deal with the issue for which this meeting was called.