Mr. Chair, I have a couple of points I want to raise here and ask for some clarification from Mr. Patry.
First, on Thursday, in reference to Mr. Rae's suggestion, we would have to look at the availability at the department. Who can come? If there is a possibility that they can come, we'll ensure they will come. If there is no possibility and they cannot come, we would have to then look at some other way.
Let me just make sure, before we accept that, that I check back with the availability of those who are able to come at that time.
Now, the second question I want to clarify here is this. At the original discussion when we started, which we agreed upon, we said we would study Rights and Democracy, followed by making a report and recommendation to go back to Parliament. I'm not sure whether that is the intention. What is the intention? If that is the intention, that you want to study the report, make recommendations, and table it back to Parliament, then we're looking at additional days to sit and go over those reports and everything.
I just want to know if that is still the intention of the committee members to study the report, make a report, make the recommendations, as somebody suggested, and report it back to Parliament. Then I would say we need more time than what we have just picked up. Right now all we said were the witnesses, but we have no given time. We said we would study the report with the recommendations.
I do want to say that once we start studying the report, one can expect it to be a little more in-depth and it is not going to be a fly-by-night situation.