Unfortunately, we have to deal with the whole issue here because there is no steering committee.
In response to Mrs. Lavallée's comments, I agree that it would be better to structure the meetings so that we hear from three people per hour, as was decided by the committee.
There are some major organizations, and Mrs. Lavallée has referred to them. The Union des artistes and Artisti are crucial for our work. They were on our priority witness list. We should have heard from the representatives of these organizations for some time now. We want to make sure that we will hear from them fairly soon because they are absolutely essential to the debate on Bill C-32.
Mr. Chair, as to the other point, I am respectfully addressing the clerk. We receive the documents much too late. I wonder why, since our witness lists have been ready for some time. We are very familiar with the issue. There's only one, and that's Bill C-32. It would be nice if we could receive the documents in advance.