I would like to say two things. First, I would like to discuss the small incident that occurred before you were elected. I would like to bring this back before the committee and to hear quotations from the Standing Orders, because I have things to say about this. I find that what the clerk said makes no sense. When someone says that they do not want to be a candidate, they cannot be forced to have their name included on a ballot. Imagine if we had said yes this morning, and if we had voted, just for fun, to elect Mr. Galipeau who did not want to be elected! He would have had to pass and to hand in his resignation. I have never seen anything like this in all my life. I have never seen anything like this in any meeting or in any election. If anyone ever has, I would like to know. Perhaps we should change the Standing Orders, introduce a motion in the House of Commons, but I would really like to see where this is written, unless we can see it right away.
Moreover, let us discuss the steering committee. Mr. Chair, I suggested—I do not know whether my colleagues will agree with me—that we should meet immediately after this meeting. We have some time, and we could set up a work plan. We have a great deal of work to get done, and I do not know why we should meet only tomorrow or even later, because we need time. The morning was reserved for official languages, and I think that we could use that time, or at the very least, begin our work on Thursday rather than on some other day.