I've just given notice of a motion, Mr. Chair. The clerk has it. I'll just read it into the record so that it can be debated at the next meeting. The motion reads thus: “That forthwith all witnesses to be scheduled to appear before this Committee will only be determined by the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure.”
I'll be putting that motion at the next meeting. The reason is simple, Mr. Chair. We're doing a study in competitiveness. We've already had a number of witnesses. We asked that the Canadian Wheat Board be one of those witnesses. I now know that at that meeting, the Western Canadian Wheat Growers have been asked to appear at the same time. They were already before the committee on competitiveness on March 31.
The Grain Growers of Canada have been invited as well. They're really one and the same to a certain extent. They appeared on March 24. I don't know why we would be having two sets of witnesses twice. The Alberta Barley Commission and Grain Vision are also on at the same time. That's fine, but clearly the pressure's coming from the other side, Mr. Chair. I understand that the Wheat Board has been informed as well that the committee will most likely ask questions about their latest financial reports.
People are open to ask what they like. Their reason for being here, however, is to discuss the competitiveness issue. The slate of witnesses that I see on the agenda now are clearly set up to do a concentrated attack on the Wheat Board. That's not the hearing that we're supposed to be having.
Henceforth, the purpose of the motion is that the subcommittee on agenda and procedure--