Mr. Chair, with your permission, I would like to add something.
In view of the information Mr. Koops has just provided us, I'm not asking that we adjourn the meeting, but could we postpone adoption of this clause until we know whether we can obtain a copy of the information? This is important. If we know that a treaty already requires a period of 30 or 35 years, that will have a major influence on our preparation for adoption of this clause of the bill.
I ask you this in passing, but I assure you of my full cooperation. Postponing this does not require a major effort on the committee's part. We should at least obtain an answer from officials as to whether we can get that information.