Okay. Thank you for that direction. That closes that matter.
The second matter I want to bring up is the issue of witnesses for our Conflict of Interest Act study.
We have been reaching out to numerous witnesses from the lists that have been provided by all parties. The challenge that we're finding is that in the absence of any context for these witnesses, they're wondering why they're being asked to appear before the committee. Therefore, I'm asking all members of the committee to please provide a little bit of context for the witnesses who have been provided up to this point, so that we can relay that to them.
Oftentimes, I find that I've been answering questions that the witnesses have been asking us about the context of why they're coming or why they've been asked. After that, some have agreed and some have not agreed to appear, so I just need that context. It's for the sake of the clerk and the analysts when they invite the witnesses to appear.
The second issue is that there are witnesses who have outright denied wanting to appear before the committee on this study, so if there are other witnesses you would like, please furnish their names to the clerk as soon as possible.
We do have a list of witnesses who are lined up for the next couple of weeks, but the list is not reflective of the original list that was supplied. The witnesses who are coming are people who have been on the list and have been proposed by committee members and parties, but some of them will not be appearing before the committee, so if there's anybody else....
Mr. Barrett, go ahead.
