Madam Chair, with due respect, my understanding of the people who are objecting to this appointment...they are very well known to one another, and I'm sure they would have been able to select somebody to speak on their behalf in terms of being able to have one witness who was opposed to this appointment and who would speak. Certainly, in the e-mails that I have received, from some of the most prominent health ethicists, professors, and health law professors, it has been quite a tsunami of objections. I will go along with my colleague as to whether or not we would table the e-mails we've received to date, as well as the petitions, in that these are very eloquent and persuasive arguments that they've brought to us.
As we unfortunately know, this committee can only express our concerns to the House. I think you will find that there are concerns. Because we are up against the time limit of the parliamentary break, I would take from my colleagues as to whether we need to hear these people in person or whether by the end of today's hearings we'd be able to make a decision based on what they've written to us already.