The intent was not to delay things here. It's just because generally the committee lists are decided by the chair in informal consultations with members, and occasionally we have a motion to decide who the witnesses should be. But that seldom happens in this committee. It's usually done more informally.
In this case, because there has been some discussion on who should be here in a two-hour meeting, we just thought it would be better if that discussion took place in the subcommittee. It's represented by all parties. You have the majority of the votes on that side, so there's no ability for the government side to push its list, if it had one on this, and it doesn't. And we're willing to do that right away.
On the motion, I think Lawrence is right that the motion does sort of give the power to the steering committee to make that decision, as opposed to just the clerk or one member deciding who the witnesses should be in this two-hour meeting.
So I think it's a reasonable approach to this, and I hope the subamendment passes.