In the past, if the author of a bill wished to address the committee before clause-by-clause consideration, it's been our practice to allow that to happen. Mr. Godin would like to do that today. It won't be very long. In effect he wants to respond to a specific point from one of the witnesses we heard; he wants to get that on the record.
That has been our practice, Mr. Chair. It has not always been exercised, but we usually honour that request from the author of the bill.