I've had a lot of discussion with members around the table--not all of them, but many of them--and I'm not going to engage in the baiting of the opposition or the government. But I will simply point out that a serious attempt to try to deal with this issue could have occurred back in June when the legislation was proposed. It's now well into November. The decision by the PMO or whoever to rush this and to get it done by tomorrow or within 14-hours-a-week marathon runs.... I don't even think we had that much intensity when it came to NAFTA negotiations.
I'm willing to put it this way to the government members: that as we go forward with the proposal made by my colleagues in the opposition, there may be occasion to allow more time. But that will become a question of necessity as we see and compare the number of witnesses. The issue here for us is to stay to the norm. If we want to suspend the industry committee and the heritage committee at the same time, that could perhaps provide opportunities, but it would appear that your whip has been very insistent that it not happen. So we're going to stick with the hours that are provided to us. We will not rush this. We will be reasonable--