Maybe there's a compromise between endless hearings with witnesses, and a rather tight period of hearing from the key witnesses. I would agree that we need to hear from the three that John McCallum just mentioned. Actually, there are four: Senator Grafstein and the Senate committee; the Auditor General, since she's the one who has brought this to our attention to begin with; the Privacy Commissioner, because there are some real concerns being raised back and forth; and the law society. I think those four would actually clear the air, and we'd have a chance to then proceed to clause-by-clause.
On October 31st, 2006. See this statement in context.