Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Good morning, everyone. Welcome back to our wonderful committee, on a Friday.
I'm delighted to weigh in on this subamendment. Mr. Chair, I was very glad to hear you recognize that although we have been at this for probably close to 14 hours this week, it is in fact a robust and substantive debate. I do think that's important, recognizing going forward that on issues like this sometimes we do need to have a thorough airing of all the issues.
On this subamendment, there are a few directions in which I want to take my comments. First of all, I want to talk about the substantive disagreement we have about calling these witnesses, including any executives but including the CEO of Alto, to this particular inquiry. Over the course of the past few days we have set out our general concerns about calling witnesses and using the committee's time and also the witnesses' time on a matter that is improper for this committee to explore. It's improper because it is an issue that has already been addressed by the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, quite clearly, and although I don't believe—