It's a terrible note to end a committee on: We're not doing anything very well. It sounds like Mrs. Gallant will jump on that as a title for our study.
I want to thank both of you on behalf of the committee for joining the issue. This is a real live issue.
I think it was Ms. Lapointe or Ms. Lambropoulos who said that, to everyone's great surprise here, not everybody in Canada follows the proceedings of this committee. I know they should, and it's shocking that they don't. Getting the message out there is the issue. I particularly appreciate Professor Lagassé's sobering reminder that there have been a number of things that we got out the door.
It reminds me of an experience I had in the United States. I was leading a delegation of parliamentarians there. My co-chair was before the foreign affairs committee and said, “Those darn Canadians, they're falling short of their 2%. I'm going to see them this afternoon and I'm going to tell them so.” That afternoon, we all troop into his office and, sure enough, Bill says, “I guess you're here because of what I said.” Well, it was for other reasons as well, but after he beat us up, I used Professor Lagassé's shopping list of things that we've actually done. I made the point that we had bought almost all that stuff from him.
I don't think it's entirely a dismal failure, but both of you have joined the issue brilliantly and I think it's a real contribution to our study.
With that, we're adjourned.