Perhaps speak to the member who submitted the names of those people who appeared today and see if it's still useful to have those members appear. I'm still very uncomfortable not asking people to come before the committee who should be before the committee. Everybody has things to do; it's not just the parliamentarians. These people are also businessmen and people who have things to do. I would imagine they wouldn't be coming or requesting to come before committee if they had no reason to come before the committee.
On May 29th, 2006. See this statement in context.