Thank you, Mr. Chair. It seems as though the other three parties have coordinated nicely and come up with a plan. Obviously we're not going to stand in the way of that.
I think what we need to look at is a reasonable date. If this is not simply a political exercise, then we have to come up with a game plan that's going to give witnesses time to make plans to come here. It's very unreasonable that we would plan a meeting for three days from today. By the time the meeting's done.... We're through the business day today, so I don't think that's....
I mean, I'm not saying that this is a political exercise on the opposition's part. It seems that they're somewhat coordinated in their approach, but I certainly wouldn't accuse them of being political in any way on this issue. Perhaps we maybe want to have a reasonable timeframe before we have our next meeting to make sure that we get the best possible selection of witnesses that we can have.
I would suggest that perhaps a suitable date might be the week following the Labour Day long weekend, maybe, when people are actually back from vacation time and the different things that occupy them during the summer. Perhaps that would be a reasonable time to have a meeting.
Maybe we can find some compromise here.