Thank you, Mr. Chair.
It's a bit of a paradox. We're adding witnesses, but reducing the time allotted for their appearance. The spirit of the motion was to receive the people in question for one hour each. Mathematically speaking, it doesn't work.
On the other hand, I agree with my colleague Mr. Green about the time we need to get the job done in our respective ridings. We also want to give our staff a break.
We also don't want to encroach on our work schedule. I was very careful when drafting the motion to make sure that wouldn't be the case. I spoke to all the parties to be sure. We shouldn't break our word.
I'm all for adding the people mentioned. However, if we do that and reduce the number of meetings, we'll have to schedule them on a date when we can't hold them.
I will also vote against the amendment.