Thank you so much, Chair. Congratulations for being put in this important role. I really appreciate your leadership during this time and into the future.
I agree, of course, with Mr. Casey that the appropriate steps going forward are to have the subcommittee meet and have these discussions.
I would put forward—I know I have had conversations with some members around this table already—that I think all of us want to be getting straight to work when we're here in February, since I don't think we're meeting on January 31.
My thought is that maybe we could submit our notices of motion. I have several studies that I'm really eager to put on the table and have discussions about.
Perhaps what we could do, Mr. Chair, is to ask the minister and some of his officials to come and have a visit with us on the first day back. I know that the minister is incredibly busy, so if we get that request out soon, it might give us an opportunity to ask some questions. It will also give our subcommittee a little bit of time to meet to look at all the notices of motion and hopefully have some recommendations for the larger committee.
I would love to hear from other members, and I totally respect that Mr. Samson and I had a conversation about this earlier. I don't want to take any credit for conversations that we've already had.
I think that would be a great way for this committee to start. I would love to hear from others.