Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Beaulieu, I want to talk about the spirit of collaboration that we've seen today. We had moved away from the informal agreement that we had previously had, and that had stirred up feelings that touched us all. So we're back to where we should have been a few weeks ago and where we would have been if some of the people on the committee had followed the general ideas of the informal committee that we can't talk about today. You know very well what I'm referring to.
I think we did a good job today. I'm proud to see that the committee has worked so hard to get these motions adopted, which are really very important.
Having said that, we are facing an exceptional health crisis in Canada. I'm sure, hon. members, that the people who are calling you are sharing with you their anxiety about what they are experiencing as a result of COVID-19. Moreover, during this period of public discussion on the realities of this crisis, our two official languages have sometimes not been respected. I would therefore like to emphasize that the study proposed by Ms. Lattanzio is very relevant.
If I may, Mr. Chair, in this spirit of collaboration and given the extraordinary work we've done, I'd like to propose to the committee a kind of tandem approach. You can let me know if it's possible. Given that we will have witnesses this Thursday, it would be interesting to continue the study proposed in Ms. Lattanzio's motion. On Tuesday, we can look at Mr. Beaulieu's motion, which is very relevant. We've discussed this matter at length, and I think it needs to be studied. I'm wondering if there's any way that we could work together, given that we have only five meetings left before the holidays.
We all have this sort of anxious feeling, but I'm not sure why. We shouldn't forget that we'll resume our work in January. For me, at least, I'll be coming back refreshed. Certainly, we'll all be working through the holidays and January. I think we all want to start our good work again. So there will be a process between December 11 and the end of January, when we return from the House, and we'll be able to continue our good work.
So I propose a tandem approach. Madam Clerk, Mr. Chair, you may wish to share with us possibilities for the next five meetings. I know this has been done in other committees. I'm suggesting that we work together, that we work collaboratively, and that we go down that path that seems to be shining today.