I hope so, Mr. Chairman.
I want to address Mr. Gourde's amendment.
Mr. Gourde did not make just an arbitrary amendment. I'm sure he did it to ensure that people directly involved in this meeting and ministries directly involved in it would be the ones to come and bring testimony before this committee. Clearly that would include the environment ministry, past and present, and the Minister of Natural Resources, both past and present. There is no indication whatsoever that the Minister of Industry, past or present, would be a part of this particular meeting, and that, of course, was the purpose of Mr. Gourde's amendment. Clearly if we want to be direct in our questioning, we should be questioning those people who were directly involved in it, through our decision to attend the meeting and put forward subjects of discussion.
That is my support for the amendment that's been put forward. I think the reasons for the amendment are evident. I want to point out that it wasn't arbitrarily picked out of the sky. There was good reason for it, and I would trust that my colleagues could see that.
Mr. Chairman, I think it's important that we perhaps read into the record a pertinent portion of the executive summary. With your permission and the committee's permission, I would like to do that.