Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
First of all, as a visitor to this committee in place of Mr. Cotler, and in view of this committee's title and nature, I would encourage the committee to be a model of democratic procedure, obviously, to our visitors to the committee and witnesses.
Also, I agree with Madam Sims that there may be times when there are notable visitors arriving and it may be difficult, or you may want to arrange a meeting more quickly than you had indicated.
Also, I suggest that when one party or another may assume that they might not have agreement on something or a consensus, I don't think you should assume that. It might be worthwhile to create an opportunity at least for the discussion on the basis that you might be able to find more agreement than you think about the approach to these things.
Last, if you don't mind—