I know. They're hard for us in politics as well. We like to elaborate.
Okay, for committee business, I want to go over the plan that was proposed by the subcommittee. I need to have it approved by the full committee. There was a report that was put out listing about 11 different decisions that were made by the subcommittee. First, I want to let you know that some of those suggestions may not be possible at this time, but most are.
The very first one that we have is.... Actually, let me jump to suggestion number four. We suggested that we have an evening meeting on November 18. That is no longer possible, because of the resources that are being used. We're not going to be able to have a meeting in between the meetings. We were originally thinking it would be between our meetings of November 17 and November 19, which are already scheduled for main estimates. We were going to have an evening meeting on November 18. That was decided by the subcommittee, but the clerk has informed me that this is no longer possible, because the whips have all decided that they are going to allow the other committees to have two meetings each a week. Because of that new allowance, we're not going to be able to take that time slot. The other committees are going to have it.
I think we can still get quite a lot done. We will be able to still do the meeting next week, during our constituency week.
The rest of it remains pretty much the same, other than two more things. A whole bunch of members—Mr. Doherty, mainly—said that they'd prefer the 10:00 to 1:00 time slot. That is also not possible. It can only be 11:00 to 2:00. I think we're just going to have to deal with that and have our meeting from 11:00 to 2:00 whenever we need to have a three-hour meeting. If you need to get a substitute for that last hour, it will be on you to find a substitute for that one hour that you might not be able to make it.
There were a couple of meetings that we had established that we needed the three-hour time period for. One, in particular, is the one where we're going to have the House administration, the Parliamentary Protective Service and the Speaker. That's going to have to be a three-hour meeting. There are some other witness meetings that are going to have to be three hours so that we can get three panels of sixty minutes in. Whenever those occur, they will be from 11:00 to 2:00.
Justin, I want to let you know that I did get an email after this meeting had started. Apparently, the availability of Minister LeBlanc, for the Privy Council, is for November 17. He said that he could make himself available for November 17. I am wondering if the committee would have a problem with flip-flopping the two days: having the meeting of November 17 with the President of the Queen's Privy Council, and then having the meeting of November 19 with the Speaker and House administration. We're just flipping the two days; that's all that would be done there.
Would that be okay with you, Justin, first?