Before we move on to the witnesses, I just want to clarify something.
There appeared to be some confusion at the end of our last meeting as to whether the chair can adjourn at 5:30 on his own. Apparently the can't. House of Commons Procedure and Practice doesn't make any provision for that; the standing orders don't make any provisions for that. It would really require a motion to adjourn, which is in fact what occurred at our last meeting.
Really, the committee has full charge of when a meeting actually ends. Typically, the chair will recognize that he's at the end of the agenda, and there being no objection, and no implied objection, he will adjourn. But there's no automatic right to adjourn at 5:30.
This is just for clarification so everyone knows in the future.
Monsieur Lemay.