Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much for being here, Minister.
I'm sorry I missed the first part. I had to speak in the House, and we don't necessarily control the timing of that. I did hear you say, Minister, that you're very proud of the work of this committee. It is a very thoughtful committee, by the way. It's a committee that works very, very well.
We're hoping you use it as a sounding board for some of your decision-making. I really feel, Minister, that it would be tragic if a decision were made over the Easter break to allow the sale of this company. I do think that when we had our witnesses here—the last time we only had one meeting with them—all members, and I'm not going to speak for the other members, but I think all members had some concern in terms of selling this company.
I do feel, as Mr. Brison indicated before, that it has the potential of being an Avro Arrow. It will be a benchmark decision. And 10 years down the road, we'll be looking back and saying, “My God, we made a bad decision.”
I would hope that you would commit now to at least extending for 30 days and allowing us to have a few meetings with the key players here, experts, so that we can express our concerns to you.