Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I've been listening to the debate for a while now, and sometimes people are using different words to say the same thing. We all agree that something needs to be done and that this is important, but we don't agree on how to get there. I'd just like to make a friendly suggestion, and my colleagues may or may not agree with me.
We'll be hearing from the Ethics Commissioner and Ms. Verschuren and, based on my Conservative colleague's comments, I understand that we have a lot of questions to ask him. My friendly suggestion would be to hold a three-hour meeting, with one hour for the commissioner and two hours for Ms. Verschuren. It's a friendly suggestion to satisfy all parties. Obviously, the meetings would still be held when we come back from vacation.
To answer the member for the Lower St. Lawrence, it's not a matter of being on vacation or not; it's a matter of having our constituents be more attentive to a very important matter. Holding these meetings now, during the summer holidays, would be tantamount to saying that we're going to act in secret. When Parliament resumes, we'll have everyone's attention.
I think we can agree on a three-hour meeting as I just proposed, with one hour for the commissioner and two hours for Ms. Verschuren.