Yes. I know that in the past we've always given a deadline for witnesses to be submitted to the clerk and the like. I'd like to see a little bit of flexibility here, because we're in a bit of uncharted waters in terms of allowing suggestions for witnesses to be submitted, maybe not with a hard and fast deadline but with the will of the committee, because I think testimony might come forward. I think we will have a few witnesses whom we'd like to bring forward.
This captures most of them, I should say, but I think that if we hear certain testimony, perhaps as to what other jurisdictions are doing and how they're handling it, this committee may then want to bring forward someone from that other jurisdiction who is not currently on the list, either through a teleconference or a personal visitation, to try to get a little more in-depth information.
Just because this is the first time that we as a Parliament are really going down this path, I think we need some flexibility. My suggestion to the committee, if they concur, is that we don't put a firm deadline on witnesses, that we see how the discussion unfolds, and that if we feel collectively there's a need to add someone to the witness list—which may ultimately amend our schedule and we'll have to add more meetings or something like that—we will have the ability to do so. I just don't know if we're really sure as a committee about how many witnesses and whom those witnesses should be as we start this discussion. I think it's going to evolve a little bit as we get into the discussion itself.
