Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I just wanted to again make the point that it's clear we're not going to reach agreement tonight. It's clear that we have homework to do on our side to go back and figure out with the department whether or not there's a way to do this without NDAs, without having risk, or having lots of risk and understanding that risk.
In my proposal, what I would suggest is that the committee gives us the time to go back to contact the suppliers to see whether or not the suppliers are amenable to another solution. If we haven't found a solution that's acceptable to the committee in between meetings, we could have a representative of the department in camera present to the committee why they are concerned from a legal standpoint. Then the committee can decide whether or not they accept that argument.
At that point, at the end of that presentation, I will very willingly either withdraw my amendment in the event that I feel that the explanation is not warranted, or we will have an immediate vote on it, because I think my colleagues and I will all agree that we will vote immediately on it as opposed to taking up everybody's time talking forever and not coming to any point.
Mr. Chair, that would be what I would propose to the committee. I don't want to yield the floor, because I'm afraid, if I do, that we will just keep going.
I don't know if we have any kind of agreement on that or not, but that's what I would propose.