We now have a little bit of committee work to grind through.
Mr. Laframboise, I told you that I would get a commitment from Mr. Duchesneau. He has agreed, writing to the committee that he will be here on November 30. We are still waiting for Mr. Cherry to reply, but we have at least confirmed that part. I am prepared to put it on the agenda as per your request.
At the last meeting we talked about bringing everybody up to date on the schedule. I have scheduled two more meetings of witnesses, for October 31 and November 2, at which time, unless there are further witnesses who have expressed interest or who want to come forward--I haven't seen any--we would be able to move into clause-by-clause on November 7. Currently I've designated November 7, 9, and 21.
Again, those dates are subject to the will of the committee, but if there are amendments that any of the members want to bring forward, I've asked the clerk, and he's going to be forwarding by email the legal counsel's address, if you want to run it by them to make sure that the phrasing and the language is correct. I know from the past that it does create a lot of disruption in the committee unless we check to make sure that the wording is legal and right. So I do want to bring that to your attention.
I also want to notify the committee that we have an invitation as a committee to attend a dinner--something a little more social, perhaps--on Monday, December 4. We've been invited by the Rocky Mountaineer Vacations organization to attend a dinner at the Rideau Club. An invitation will be forthcoming, but I just wanted to give you a heads-up for your schedule.
Other than that, unless there are any questions, I want to move into the motions.
Mr. Laframboise.