Mr. Chair, this committee meets from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30—we have slotted in that time in each of our schedules and we made that commitment—every Monday and Wednesday. We decided that there was consensus to meet today from 3:30 p.m to 4:30.
We could have met until 5:30. We have another 45 minutes until it's 5:30, so if we had not had the delaying tactics from the NDP in Parliament, we could have met for much longer. If the committee had suggested we needed to meet longer, I would have been willing and I'm sure my colleagues on this side would have been willing to meet longer and still end at 5:30.