Okay, thank you.
I notice lunch isn't here, but we'll suspend for maybe five minutes.
Gentlemen, you can stay at the table, or you can take a break if you like. We will have some very brief discussion on our business for Bill C-24, the Softwood Lumber Agreement, and it may take very little time. We'll do that, then we'll have lunch and continue the discussion.
So perhaps the members could stay for a few minutes for discussion on Bill C-24 and what will happen on Tuesday with that.
We suspend. I don't know if that's the right term because we're going on with our meeting.
On Bill C-24, there are really only two things I have to say. The department officials, of course, will be the first witnesses to come on Bill C-24 and they'll be here on Tuesday. That's the standard procedure. The other thing is it's going to be important in this discussion, and as a committee we've discussed this before, to stick with the implementation agreement and not to get into debate on the Softwood Lumber Agreement. Of course, that agreement has been signed and it's a done deal. Not only that, Parliament has passed the money, approved the spending. Clearly that's been agreed to.
What we will be focusing on are expert witnesses giving advice on the implementation agreement. We have four witnesses as well as the departmental officials who have been suggested. Three are from Mr. Julian, and one, I'm not sure from whom. The three from Mr. Julian are Elliott Feldman--we've had him at the committee before--Steven Shrybman, from Goldblatt and Mitchell; and Darrel Pearson, from Gottlieb & Pearson in Montreal. We can decide how to arrange those. We also have the Maritime Lumber Bureau because they have some technical concerns about the implementation agreement.
Any discussion on this?
Mr. Julian.