Thank you.
I want to take this time to thank all the witnesses for coming. I know you came from long distances--B.C. for the majority of you here today. We realize that this is an important issue, and that is why we've extended the meetings to hear witnesses for another couple of weeks. But we do want to thank you once again for taking the time to be here today, because your travels were a little bit longer than those for the rest of us.
What I'm going to propose right now is that we have a budget for Bill C-257 and then we get directly into the motion and the calendar. What I'm suggesting here is that we've got the budget we need in order to bring the witnesses who are already booked and confirmed; then we're going to deal with the motion, and then my suggestion is that for the calendar we can look at some of the rest of the calendar tomorrow, because some of you have just seen it for the first time. My concern is that we are able to deal with some of the witnesses who are already committed to being here. So if you'd have a look at the....
Yes, Ms. Davies.