The back row said “no” so I think that might be a no. They look pretty smart.
How about a modification—not to complicate this—where we aim for the three stages? One is the obvious folks for early next week. Ruby's suggestion was shot down, but maybe have an initial draft of lists from the parties, but the witness list invitation stays open until next Friday to accommodate further thoughts. Sometimes what happens, Chair, as you know, is you hear from the minister or the Chief Electoral Officer on a bill like this, and then other witnesses, other ideas come to mind that we hadn't thought of because of the testimony that we hear.
The initial list is the most obvious folks. The second one...by Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. Yet we as a committee agree that there are still additions that we could make by the end of next week to accommodate some of the maybe less obvious ones based on the testimony we hear.