Mr. Chair, I'm not going to repeat anything that Mr. Davies just said; I agree with most of it. I don't think I've impeded this committee from functioning at all. I think I've been quite cooperative. My only suggestion from day one has been that we show balanced testimony from witnesses, whether they believe in free trade or not. I think there is no reason for this committee to rush things. I think everybody has demonstrated that in the past. I agree with what Mr. Davies just said.
I had a conversation with Mr. O'Toole two weeks ago, and I think we're ready to make this thing work, if we need to have extra meetings. I used to chair the finance committee and we used to have six hours a day of meetings, so I'm not scared to have meetings. Having said that, I'm not prepared today. I could be prepared tomorrow and I can sit until whenever you want.
From a personal point of view, Don was notified at seven yesterday and I was notified at 3:27 p.m. today, so my feelings are hurt because of that, but I'm not holding that against anybody.
Mr. Hoback, I knew you were going to be the chair before I knew we were going to have the officials, so I took that for granted. For the record, congratulations.