Thank you, Mr. Chair.
You know that I am all for cooperation. In this file, in particular, I am not at all questioning the list of people put forward to appear before us to give their version of the story. I see that we will have a chance to talk to fishery conservation officers. I have no problem with the choice of witnesses. The same goes for the opposite point of view. We are talking about the opposite point of view, but ultimately, it is an informative point of view. That is how I see it.
I think that my colleague's request is appropriate. I am willing to support additional meetings to bring the necessary clarity to this file. But I am not at all questioning the choice of witnesses from one party or another. These people no doubt make choices in good faith and call on witnesses who will help us to understand an issue better. That is what our witnesses just did a few minutes ago, and I would imagine that future witnesses will do the same.
With that in mind, I urge everyone to support adding two extra meetings so that we can hear from witnesses and then brings things to a close. We do have a deadline of sorts. I appreciate that we need to give ourselves more time, but we cannot stretch things out too long, either.