I guess my immediate concern in relation to what Mr. Fergus is proposing is that it's basically that we program the committee on a timeline, and that, if I'm hearing the motion correctly—because I haven't seen it at this point—this study would provide recommendations to Parliament by April 16. Mr. Green's study would be by May 28, and then the four parliamentary officers would be by June 17.
We have submitted a pretty robust list of witnesses for this particular study, not the least of them being the Privacy Commissioner, as well as privacy and security experts and telecommunications companies. Also, of course, we have the minister coming on Thursday.
The immediate concern I would have on this, frankly, is that I don't think we're going to have enough time, given the parliamentary schedule the way it is, to really do a deep dive into this and address the concerns Canadians have. The challenge is that it may take a few meetings to come up with recommendations for this study as we draft a report.
If we work backwards, I guess what I would ask is.... I'm curious as to how many meetings would in fact be able to take place for this study. Are we reducing it? I don't even know what that number might be if we are to provide that report, because I don't have the parliamentary schedule in front of me.
That would be my immediate concern, Mr. Chair. I don't want to limit or preclude the number of witnesses we can have, because I think this is a very important study, and it has many Canadians concerned as well. There are a lot of witnesses on that list that it would be prudent for all of us to get to in order to really have a fulsome discussion on this.
Mr. Chair, I see you nodding your head. Perhaps you have an answer for me as to how many meetings would take place.