This is the point I've been trying to make, similar to Mr. Bigras'. What's different about a legislative committee, from my understanding--and I can be corrected--is that there are standing orders guiding us much more so than a standard committee of the House. So Standing Order 118 says what it says. In order to amend or change that, we have to bring something back to the House, and it gets very complicated.
I agree with Mr. Godfrey's point that the likelihood of the government not being made aware or being present at a meeting is not fathomable at this point. So I think we should just accept it as is and move on.