Thanks, Mr. Chair.
I was actually thinking exactly as Mr. Brison was. It seems to me, first of all, that it would be nice to have one meeting with the minister. I'm not sure it should be March 13, if we're to be discussing a whole bunch of issues then that might dilute this. But if that's the option we have, we have to get an assurance that the deal won't be done by that date, as we're obviously not going to do this after the fact.
I think the minister can benefit from this, as the industry committee is a sounding board. Although maybe he can't answer a lot of questions, he can surely listen to our questions and get some ideas of our concerns from our questions. So I think it would be a positive thing.
My first reaction when I heard about this deal was the technology transfer. This is one of our champions—and we don't have a lot of them. It seems to me that we should be able to express our opinions to the minister and that he should be willing to come to listen to what our concerns are. I think one meeting of two hours, or whatever, would do it. I don't think you want to do an elaborate study, as I don't think we have the time. I agree with Scott; I don't think it's our role to provide reports every time a decision like this has to be made. But I do think he should listen to us.