To reiterate some of the things my colleague has said, there has been an agreement in principle. We can't say when ratification will come from our end or the American end. However, we've made an agreement in principle with our largest trading partner and ally. We operate more in a North American ecosystem when it comes to creativity, copyright and whatnot.
This is going to have major impacts. Our report needs to take those things into account. Again, our recommendations are going to have to skate around this. Let's find out what the rationale was. Again, there is no date put on this for a reason. It's a reasonable request for our study.
I would encourage members to allow it. I'm happy to give it to the chair. He can work with the ministers. If he wants to arrange half a meeting with one minister, and another half with another, that's fine. I do think, though, it's important to have both. Ultimately Minister Bains is going to be reading our report, but Minister Freeland will actually know the rationale for those changes being given. Let's do our jobs. We're doing a great job consulting with industry. Why would we not want to consult our own government?