If I understood what Mr. Lake said correctly, he would rather not have the meeting on August 20 because, in his opinion, we would not have enough witnesses and the witnesses would not have enough time to prepare. Starting today, the witnesses would have four days to prepare. In my opinion, the best date would be next Friday, August 20.
Mr. Galipeau, may I offer my condolences. I see you are going through a hard time. But we could probably find another MP to make up the Conservative Party complement.
To date, we have three witnesses on our list. Although we have not contacted them yet, I am sure that a four-day notice would be reasonable for these witnesses. The Liberal Party mentioned 23 witnesses. I don't think we can hear 23 witnesses, but we can certainly find a wide selection of witnesses among the 23, and we will have enough for a very full day.