Thanks, Chair.
Just before you introduce the panels, I want to raise a point of order and point out a concern the government side has regarding the selection of witnesses for this study of the bill.
Of course, we welcome all witnesses to our committee. However, when I look at the panel of the proposed list of witnesses for the rest of the study, it appears the opposition has invited witnesses that do not pertain to the divisions our committee is studying. One of those, it would appear, will be here later on this afternoon and the other one is scheduled for tomorrow.
I'd like to point out that this is not standard practice, and as I understand it, we have never invited witnesses on divisions that were being studied at other committees.
I wonder if I could get clarification from the opposition as to why these witnesses are being invited and what relevancy they have to the divisions we are studying here at this committee. Our understanding is that we are here to hear from witnesses on the divisions we are actually studying at this committee, to maximize our time and use it efficiently.