Mr. Chair, with your indulgence and that of the committee's, I would amend the motion to the following. It would read up to the point of “the next two weeks”, which would be changed to:
four to six weeks, to discuss, among other things, the proposed sale of part of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. to Alliant Techsystems, the decline in manufacturing and forestry or challenges facing the manufacturing and forestry industries, counterfeit and IP, and the service sector.
I don't want to be gonged by the chair for asking questions that are beyond MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.
This is a motion that I put before the committee. We all understand the minister will not be able to answer questions under the Investment Canada Act, but that his invitation here in the next four to six weeks deals with it, among other things.