I think that's fair to say to a certain extent. If I recall, this standing committee began hearings because the Military Police Complaints Commission in October 2009 was basically stymied. The government had a number of objections in terms of why it couldn't proceed. They brought a motion to quash all summonses of all witnesses. They were taking the position that no witnesses could testify publicly. I don't know if that's still their position. They weren't producing any documents.
On March 17th, 2010. See this statement in context.