I'm just suggesting that if we have agreed to one meeting a week, that being Wednesday, and if the minister is available to come this Wednesday, then we have a fair amount of time to try to determine who the witnesses will be. I honestly don't know how involved it is getting witnesses to travel to Ottawa from out of the city.
I'm just spitballing here, but if somebody has a better suggestion, please bring it forward. If you want to give committee members enough time to compile the lists of witnesses they'd like to see and still give the clerk enough time to contact the potential witnesses and invite them here for the following Wednesday, would a deadline of noon or 1 p.m Friday give the clerk enough time?