Without wishing to contradict you, Mr. Vice-Chair, I would like to point out that the number of meetings was unanimously adopted by all members of the committee. It was not limited to eight meetings by the government.
I have also checked with our team, and it would be possible to make up for the time lost. We would have to agree on the amount of time at issue. We could extend today's meeting, even though it would be impossible for me to stay any longer. I have to leave at 10:45 a.m. on the dot because I have another committee meeting. In any event, the answer as to whether we can make up for the lost time is yes. We could discuss it outside of the meetings to avoid causing any delays in our work today, and come to an agreement on how to do so. Do we want to extend a future meeting or add another meeting? We can discuss it later. I think the committee members would really like to make up for the time that was lost.