The situation with the Kielburgers and the WE scandal is that we had been on this for eight months. We were finalizing this. There were some outstanding questions, and that's why we asked for these staffers to appear. I think we know what we need to know, but I think it would look very strange if we didn't put in our report that the last three witnesses did not appear.
To me, it's a straightforward issue. The committee was supposed to hear from these witnesses. This was called for by Parliament. Parliament named them. When they were supposed to appear, they did not appear. Hence, we should simply report back to the House that they did not appear.
Is that a rather straightforward function of what the committee's powers are?