Thank you, Madam Chair.
I just received on my Twitter account that this person submitted a brief to the Canadian heritage committee and it does not yet appear on the committee web page. I'm sure there's a number of them.
I would say, Madam Chair, how disrespectful for future witnesses if we move ahead with the amendments before many of them have a chance to have a say. Put yourself in their position. The amendments have been made, yet they haven't been invited to the committee hearings. That would dampen anybody, moving forward, would you not think? If I know all the amendments are already made, and I come the next day, what good am I?
I think that's very disrespectful on the part of our committee, all of us sitting around, that we wouldn't give everyone a fair chance to have their say, and then they can move on. I think I'm right on that, Madam Chair. If I came into the room as a witness, and I already knew that all the amendments were made, it would be pretty disrespectful to me to go ahead, because although you say that what I say at the hearing can alter the amendments, I'm not too convinced as a witness that it would alter them. You've already made up your mind. That's the point that I think all of us should think about—respect. We should be respectful of all of our witnesses coming forward.
I would like to also, Madam Chair, move to adjourn.