Thank you, Mr. Barlow.
We're getting into debate here.
Ms. Sidhu, I would recommend that you make your amendment end at the point where you list the Department of Health officials, or if we want to add additional witnesses for some reason, perhaps that could be another amendment. I think that will keep it manageable. We also have to be cognizant that we have only a certain amount of time and having more witnesses makes that problematic.
In my view, the number of witnesses for a meeting on COVID-19 is actually prescribed in the House order of October 26 as being one witness per hour per party. However, our practice in these special meetings, especially those called in this way, has been to set that aside and to go with a list of witnesses as agreed to in that particular motion.
The amendment, as I understand it, by Ms. Sidhu is that we add that the Public Health Agency of Canada officials be given the same amount of time to speak. Ms. Sidhu gave a list of those officials to invite.
Are we all clear on what the amendment is at this point?
Mr. Davies.