Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Just again, for the people who are watching this, the motion is specific. It says:
That to assist in the review of the Copyright Act, the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology requests Ministers Freeland and Bains, alongside officials, to come before the committee and explain the impacts of the United-States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on the intellectual property and copyright regimes in Canada.
This is an opportunity for the government to discuss its negotiations. Obviously, this does directly impact much of the work because it commits the country to certain legislative changes at some point, so it certainly should be factored in with our discussions on copyright. There's no time written into this, although it obviously would behoove the committee to hear it so we can include or make reference to the testimony of the ministers and the officials in the report.
I hope that members across the way find this a reasonable suggestion. There are a number of different changes directly to our work, and this would allow the incorporation of that, and to have some accountability too, and some learning. If there is a movement or a particular policy that's good for Canada, it gives the opportunity to government to be able to say why, and for us as parliamentarians who are doing a very labourious, intensive study to be able to incorporate some of that knowledge.