Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'm trying to see a way through this. One of the things that were really effective—and I always refer to something I'm more familiar with, the auto industry—was back in 2002, when then minister Allan Rock convened a summit, so to speak, in Toronto that was one and a half days. It took the auto sector—not only the manufacturers and the OEMs but also the aftermarket, the dealers, a whole bunch of environmental groups, some of the new mould-makers, tool and die makers—all the different components. There were probably 200 of us who were then put into distinct areas to develop a Canadian auto policy.
The organization exists on paper right now; it isn't really what it was before. What it did was give us an interesting framework. Green light was the stuff we were doing well. Yellow light was the caution that we had some stuff going and it was okay, and red light was the big problems.
Are we at the point to pull all this stuff together on a strategy similar to that? I'd like to hear if anybody has any thoughts on that.
Here's what I worry about. We have these committee hearings. We have recommendations. We table the report in the House of Commons. Then it has a period of time for the minister to respond. Then, from the response, we wait to see what happens next. I want to caution all the witnesses that if we lose traction on this committee, then we really don't have any other place to go at the moment unless the finance committee takes it up.
Are there any thoughts from anyone, please? I only have about a minute to go. You can also submit them to us. We need advice on how to go forward.