Mr. Chairman, the poverty study will involve a lot of work. Our mandate is every bit as weighty as the one that we had for our employability study, which took two years. The Crown Corporation is to be set up in 2009. That means that if we pass Mr. Lake's amendment, we will not begin the study until after the agency is up and running. That does not make any sense. We should carry out the study and table our recommendations in the House before the summer recess.
I propose that we adopt Mr. Savage's motion as it stands, and that we heed his suggestion that the subcommittee determine how to fit it into our agenda without disrupting our study on poverty. I think that it is possible, but it is for the subcommittee to iron out the details and report back to us.