Mr. Chairman, I would like to speak to this point.
During the first round, which lasted an hour, we heard from two witnesses. In the second round, we have four witnesses. The committee previously decided that we would have six per meeting, that is two panels of three witnesses, not one panel of two and another of four.
By proceeding in this manner, we're giving unequal chances to the people who've been invited, who have prepared their presentations, who are expecting a certain number of questions in order to express their views in detail. We are forced to share our attention among four people representing four organizations whose briefs are all different.
I'm going to allow the situation this time, but I don't want this to occur again. I would like our meetings to be more balanced.
Furthermore, I don't know whether Mr. Del Mastro put this on his agenda, but a press conference is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. concerning publication of the report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.