Mr. Chair, yesterday we did go to the Speaker in an informal way, after a consultation with at least three of the four parties. The Bloc, the NDP and the Conservatives all agreed that for a number of reasons that were in the newspaper, it would be beneficial if Mr. Schreiber were well rested, in a cooperative and friendly mood, and had full access to his papers, so we could make the most of this time, that it would be a beneficial hearing and our time would not be wasted.
We thought we had the support of the Liberal Party, but apparently that consultation was not in any way formal and my colleagues with the Liberals were not ready to say at that time that they could fully support the idea.
On that basis, the Speaker said no, he would stay where he was, for that night. He did not preclude the idea that perhaps, with proper consultation at a debate of the committee, we could reconsider it and recommend it to him again. So that's all I would like to do, sir.