Thank you.
I appreciate Mr. Wallace's trying to find some compromise in this, but here's the reason, especially with my having been someone who has studied the investment act at this committee in the past. What we found is that we had a lot of international and other types of witnesses who required some line-up. And there were some very important people. I think of Leo Gerard, for example, and I'd want to make sure his schedule was freed up to come and present. Also his industry; it is going to have some presentations as well, which are going to require some scheduling.
I'm really worried about that aspect of it. To me, it makes a lot more sense to just deal with the CRTC thing. It would be a week and a half. That's all we're talking about here. I'm glad there seems to be willingness now to study concurrently, because the census thing is still an issue out there. It's important. Those are the reasons, and I think we can handle it. I think this is a strong enough committee to be able to handle two studies at once. We've been ably served by our researchers and our clerk.
To me, it doesn't seem like a bad idea to do the CRTC thing, and I actually think it will help the minister. The minister, I'm hoping, is going to reject the CRTC's decision here. I think there is some good testimony about why this is such a serious decision that's taking place, and there hasn't, until just recently, been a lot of media commentary on it.
I think this can actually help the minister, because it will tell the story about what's at risk for Canadians and businesses with regard to limiting Internet usage.