Foreign Affairs committee  Let's finish this motion first.

Foreign Affairs committee  No, no, Mr. Chair, just to be fair here, I think there was some confusion.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. I think there was a desire to amend that amended motion, simply to change the timeline, as you all know. And that's perfectly fine.

Foreign Affairs committee  I think Mr. Patry has a good point. There has been a compromise from my side to not be prescriptive to the motion. It's open-ended to say the government provide their response, and we're simply being reasonable here. As I mentioned before, it's been more than 450 days. Last year

Foreign Affairs committee  Just so it is clear to everyone, if we pass the amendment, we then go to the question, and that could be amended. That is just to be clear to everyone--hint, hint.

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm always ready.

Foreign Affairs committee  Here is a very simple amendment for you to propose: that the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development report to the House the government's--

Foreign Affairs committee  --response to the National Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing Countries.

Foreign Affairs committee  Can you define that for me, before I get...?

Foreign Affairs committee  Put simply, pursuant to the standing order, etc., the government announce its proposals for the implementation of the advisory group's report to the national--

Foreign Affairs committee  Okay, so the government announces its response--

Foreign Affairs committee  Right.

Foreign Affairs committee  For me, before the House rises.

Foreign Affairs committee  The advisory group report....

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will be brief. Since we met last, there has been a change in portfolio for Foreign Affairs. Mr. Emerson is the minister responsible now. We had an opportunity to question Mr. Emerson in the committee of the whole recently and asked a question on the issu