Let me finish, Mr. Chair.
As you represent the Conservative caucus--you're elected by this committee but you represent the government--you do have veto power over meetings, that's certain. What we certainly wouldn't want to see happen is what's happened to a number of committees over the past couple of years, where the government members have simply left and, in that way, shut down the committee. We can't have that, particularly for a file that's as important as trade.
So I think the opposition parties have been pretty clear. We want a functioning committee. It has functioned very well with the past practice, and we want to continue that past practice and not provide some additional procedural possibilities for the government. I would expect government members to be here at committee. If they choose not to be, well, the committee will continue.