Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Of course, I'm at a bit of a disadvantage, being a sub on the committee. It sounds like an important conversation for planning out committee business that I will not be a part of. My preference would be that the committee find time to do this after there has been a bit more opportunity for discussion among the parties, in advance of decision-making. I think that would be very useful, which is why I'm not keen to proceed to a discussion of committee business, where I'll be making decisions for others without what I take to be the appropriate context for the committee.
That said, if this is about responding to something happening in the House and there's a need for witnesses—and I'll speak from my experience, not at this committee but at others—that can often be resolved by the submission of witness lists. If, with the chair's discretion, there's going to be an additional meeting held tomorrow, or if the business for the meeting on Thursday is going to change and it's about ensuring we have appropriate witnesses for the subject matter at hand, that's something that needn't be done right now, at this table. It can be done through discussion among the parties shortly after this meeting. Parties could submit their witness lists by the end of the day, for instance.
I am not sure we need to lose what time we yet have with our witnesses in order to have a well-functioning and productive conversation about how to have witnesses in time for Thursday, for example.