If the chair has to leave, I'd be more than willing and more than happy to take over as chair and stay here as long as necessary. I know that other members have expressed the fact that this bill is important, and I think it is important to thousands of Canadians, along with the child care advocates and organizations that have been fighting for many years with regard to this and have been here diligently throughout our process.
Perhaps it would be responsible if the subcommittee met on Tuesday prior to the meeting, if we could perhaps organize a meeting, as an option, for Tuesday morning, or we could stay today after our 5:30 meeting to try to get a game plan formulated. We could come back to the committee on Tuesday. We could go ahead with the ministers' appearances as scheduled and we could see where we could allocate, as expeditiously as possible, the rest of the committee meetings to ensure we do proper diligence on this particular bill and that we get it moved forward.
If we need to stay, I am willing to take over as chair, because I realize the chair has to leave.