--Joe is suggesting here that we vet witnesses. We've never done that before. He's saying we determine whether they're appropriate and that's why they should come. Joe may not want to see some of these witnesses appear, for whatever his reasons, but the witness lists have been submitted.
We have never, at least in my memory, submitted witness lists and denied the Bloc, the NDP, or anybody the right to call the people they want to speak to. So I think we should do as you had suggested and get the witnesses here. If their testimony is not relevant, then you as chair, or others on a point of order, can get them out of here. But I think we have to hear these people.
My real question, though, is that there were apparently four names on the original witness list that don't appear here. I'm still waiting to hear who they are and what the plans are to--