Mr. Keddy, before we broke earlier we were in the midst of discussion on your motion, so the motion is returned to the floor.
I'm just thinking that we have time pressing here, and we could debate back and forth, but there seems to be a sense that the committee does not want to be rushed and that there is an interest in pursuing Colombia.
My sense is that Mr. Keddy would like to have EFTA dealt with before the end of the session. I think the only way we'll be able to do that, without knowing when the session is going to be over, is to get it done in a couple of days.
We know there are witnesses who would like to appear. We've heard about the CLC and we've heard about shipbuilding concerns from other colleagues. I think it's quite possible to get this done. We could have witnesses on Monday and Wednesday and even do clause-by-clause on Wednesday, if there were a consensus of the committee.
Other than that, we can debate forever and come to the same banging of heads. I'm not into banging of heads, so rather than pursue your motion, I would like to get a comment from a representative of each of the parties to see whether they would be prepared to say let's try to get this done and then be able to carry on with Colombia.
I think there is a general sense that we may be able to conclude Colombia as well, at least to get our report out—or even tabled, if the House goes as late as June 20. But I think we're going to require some goodwill all around to do both.
With that opening comment, Mr. Keddy, in the interests of time I would rather just ask each one of the party representatives to give me their view on whether or not they think we can get both of these things done, one of them done, or what their preference is before the end of the month. I'm presuming we're going to have about four more meetings before we adjourn.
Mr. Bains.