Thank you, Mr. Chair and Mr. Blaikie.
The original conversations that were happening were to have these conversations around witnesses for Thursday, which would effectively leave no time to hear from witnesses before we embark on clause-by-clause.
I think a very intelligent compromise was found by our Bloc colleague, one that allows some space for witnesses to present. We're not saying we are going to pick witnesses in this meeting. This is about setting the agenda, through committee business, so we can proceed to having some witnesses appear on this bill prior to doing clause-by-clause, which is forced by government motion to happen starting on Monday.
This is simply to give a bit of space. I would think the New Democratic Party, a party that has always supported the democratic process, would be in favour of hearing witnesses on an important bill such as this.