Thanks, Chair.
I support what our colleague Charlie is saying. With all due respect about the start time and the allotment for this meeting, the notice that the meeting would happen between 3:30 and 5:30 came out from the clerk while we were in question period.
While you might talk about agreements among whips and that sort of thing, we are all still members of this committee and you're the chair of this committee and the schedule of this committee is your prerogative. That's why, when you say baloney about how you invited Premier Smith to appear here but there was a scheduling conflict, it was all a farce, because you, of course, control the schedule.
I think the point that MP Patzer is making is to just not waste the time of all the members of Parliament, their staff and these departmental officials sitting here, who came here for that time. When the notice from the clerk went around, it said that our meeting would start at 3:30 and go until 5:30. I really strongly encourage you to take the due consideration of MP Patzer's advice that it deserves and not do this kind of thing again.
Second, for all the reasons outlined, we support MP Charlie Angus and we won't consent to extending the meeting. We'll be happy to go to 5:30, but that's it.