Mr. Chair, I appreciate the intervention of my colleague Mr. Telegdi. In a tit-for-tat world, it would also mean that the opposition could therefore not all show up, en masse, with a witness and leave three government members sitting here unable to hear testimony.
The chair, I guess we could assume, is going to be here as a government member, but the chair, as we all know, doesn't have to be a government member, as well. I know we're talking about reduced quorum. We're not going to be doing anything in that committee meeting that's dilatory or whatever the case may be, we're simply trying to level the playing field.
If we can't add a government member, then maybe I would suppose--this is what I've seen work in other committees--that we could simply remove the line that says there has to be an opposition member, and simply have a chair and three members of the committee to receive the testimony, and get on with the business of the committee.