I very much appreciate that and I'm trying to think. What I do like is the last suggestion by Mr. Whalen. It gives me some time to think and to see whether the letter....
Again, as much as the government members would like this to go away, I want it to stay here, because it's the only way we're going to get any change. What I would be banking on—again, doing it even out in the open, and I'm saying this to my fellow opposition colleagues—is a letter from the committee that is and clear and strong about how we as the public accounts committee unanimously feel about this, combined with a hearing at which we get the Auditor General to talk to Canadians.
The question is how that stacks up as pressure. For me, the resolution is not peace in the committee, as much as I want that too. That's not my resolution.
It is yours, sir, and I understand that. That's your mandate. My purpose is beyond that. It's to get that money allocated, and everything we're talking about is short of that.
Let me reiterate the suggestion that has been made so that I understand it and say it in my words, and if that's the case, then maybe we have an agreement that will let us move forward. The suggestion is that, at the conclusion of my remarks, if we're in agreement with what I'm saying and I have it right, we will switch into committee report writing.