Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I'm always pleased how my friend Peter Julian refers to how we ran the committee some years ago. It was a subcommittee, Mr. Chairman, of the committee on foreign affairs and international trade under the Honourable Jim Peterson at that time, and we did work well. I sensed that, and it was one of the reasons I was enticed to seek to serve on this committee as well. I'm sensing that we will be working very well.
I'm torn between one and the other and I'll tell you why. I had the honour of chairing the committee on national defence and veterans affairs, now known just as the national defence committee. As much as we had a steering committee formally on paper, we also discussed the agenda amongst members, and we really made great progress. I'm sensing that we could do the same here as well. We could elect a steering committee, for the sake of being effective and efficient. In my view, it's an excellent exercise, a positive exercise of exchange when we do set the agenda collectively here from all parties, giving us an opportunity to put our thoughts on the table, agree to disagree, however it is. At the end of the day we walk away with an agenda.
I'm torn right now between one or the other. Maybe we're going to go towards a steering committee. The option I would like to see is for us to discuss the agenda, and as you said earlier, we can take half an hour, an hour, or whatever it takes, to plan collectively together. I'm sure we'll find a way to get on the same page together, sir. I'm leaning towards that.