In general, I agree that we should hear from all the people whose names are on this list. I think we'll need to meet all these people if we want to conduct not just a general study or overview of the subjects, but a serious study so that we can really understand them, to get to the bottom of things and to be able to ask questions, .
We can meet people from organizations, inevitably, but we can also meet people from associations of organizations. However, if we receive people from associations of organizations, I wouldn't want to exclude the organizations they represent. They can often go further into a specific topic, particularly since they only have five minutes to come and testify here and to present important and complex issues.
I would let them all testify. I've said so from the start. I want to conduct a very serious analysis and I want to gag no one. There are indeed a number of individuals. Should we let them all come? Perhaps. If they've asked to come, it's because they have something interesting to say that goes beyond the organizations that represent them.
So I would let them come and speak here for five minutes out of their lives to explain why they deserve their copyright and why they are asserting it. I think that's immensely important. We have no right to gag them if they want to come.
It's extremely important to hear from Quebec's minister of culture, communications and status of women. However, if she came, I would invite her with two other witnesses in order to receive her in a manner appropriate to her position, but I wouldn't give her an hour to herself. I believe the minister deserves these considerations.
Then I would leave the list open and I would ask the clerk to organize groups of witnesses, as we said, that is to say two groups of three spokespersons. I would let her organize the meetings based on the availability of each person, particularly since we won't have finished by Christmas. So there's some flexibility there.
I would obviously leave the list open because, in the course of the meetings, there is always someone whom we've been unable to reach. In addition, people are currently outside the country. We've been unable to reach them in Quebec and we're waiting for them to come back so they can sign up. So I would leave the list open.
Thank you.