Yes, thank you, Madam Chair.
I appreciate Ms. Romanado's submission. However, I believe that we need stand-alone meetings. I think it works better from a scheduling standpoint. It's cleaner.
I want to confirm, based upon my previous submission, that my whip's office conferred with the head clerk and, in the normal course, there are two slots that are available. One is on Tuesday evening and another is on Friday afternoon. Those were slots that had been previously designated to the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying.
There's also another slot on Thursday evening that is mostly available, but would not be available when the Board of Internal Economy meets on Thursday at another point of the week, resulting in the need to move that committee to that Thursday evening slot.
Again, I underscore, based upon the information I have, that there are the resources to have a stand-alone meeting.