Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I believe our guests are outside, so I don't know if we want to take a pause.
The procedural person in me just wants to reiterate that there is no such thing as a friendly amendment because it takes out of the hands of the full committee the decision on whether or not something is acceptable, and the original question is before the full committee.
Originally, the letter asked to hold an additional two-hour meeting, whereas Mr. Cooper's motion speaks to now an additional one three hours in length, so I'm not sure what changed between the time that he submitted the letter, jointly signed by the members of the opposition to say that they would like a two-hour meeting, and then his proposal for a three-hour meeting. Ms. Blaney then comes back with the two-hour original, and I like the idea that Mr. Fergus brought forward.
In terms of resources available in the House, we know that we're going to be going into an intensive session coming back after the break. We have a lot of work to do on every committee. If there's a way that we can maximize our time and our efficiency in terms of adding on, perhaps, an extra hour to each of our meetings, that would not impact the full committee schedule of all the other committees that are meeting, as well as the House, so I agree. The total hours are the same, and I just think it's a question of making sure that we don't bump other committees.
Thank you.