Mr. Chair, I want to clarify that the motion that Mr. Deltell put forward was for the committee to return early and dedicate a complete 40-hour workweek to hearing witnesses. That was a proposal that failed to garner the support of the Liberal majority, which therefore rendered the motion incapable of passage.
Here we are today, a week and a half later, with the House of Commons in session, interrupting our ability to do all-day hearings, and drastically reduced time periods for consultation. We're told that our small business people, who are worried about a 73% tax rate on their passive investment income, our farmers, who are worried about tax treatment that will force them, in many cases, to sell to foreign investors, will have to ram all of that feedback into a two-day session of, correct me if I'm wrong Mr. Chair, three-hour sessions.