Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I don't have a list of other speakers to this, or other witnesses that we're having. I have no idea how long this would last. I'm confused by the part that says “when the House is not sitting”. Is that the Christmas week? It doesn't say here. Obviously that's what the subcommittee would deal with.
I think that once we, as a committee, see what the list is like in terms of the number of witnesses, and see how often we need to meet—which I think will happen in the next week or two—then a subcommittee could get together and look at what we would need to do.
Why are we putting this forward today when we have no idea what our witness list is going to look like and how long it's going to be? The government is committed to and in support of all parties in a public inquiry. Are we duplicating a public inquiry by doing this?
We all have our Christmas break coming. I can tell you mine's relatively booked, but one of those weeks.... I would like to see what the witness list is first before we indulge the subcommittee's efforts in finding any extra time needed to make that happen.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.