Mr. Chairman, I was going to put a subamendment on the floor.
I'm not quite sure I follow Mr. Hawn's rationale, given the fact that it's spelling out names of individuals. We are often asked for witnesses, and the fact that Mr. Hawn indicates that in Mr. Bachand's motion you can ask for any witnesses you like...all Mr. Dewar is doing, in my view, is simply spelling out some specific names, to which in my subamendment, Mr. Chairman, if in order, I would like to add the names of David Mulroney, Michel Gauthier, Colleen Swords, General David Fraser, Minister Peter MacKay, and Minister Gordon O'Connor.
The purpose of this, of course, is that we would be asking for these names before the committee. The fact is that Mr. Hawn is right in the sense that you can ask for anyone you like. I think, though, it's important that we put on the table who it is we would like to see, because it will help to define where we hope to be going with this amendment in terms of the process.
Again, Mr. Bachand has indicated there's no time limit, so it may be wrapped up in two sessions or four sessions. But as Minister MacKay indicated in the House of Commons, the House committees, of course, are masters of their own fate, as we know. Therefore, I would be looking forward to the government members supporting the motion, the amendment, and the subamendment on the basis that we all want to get to the bottom of the truth, and I think there would be no difficulty--of course, subject to availability--for these witnesses to come forward.