Mr. Chair, this is really problematic.
How do you expect a witness to feel comfortable speaking in confidence when everyone is listening?
Right now, it's too late. We are faced with a fait accompli.
So, I would suggest that we adjourn the debate today and bring back the witnesses so that they feel comfortable speaking without other witnesses restricting their freedom of speech. So we should come back with a much safer group of witnesses.
I am in such a bad mood this morning that words fail me. This situation is extremely delicate. I don't know what to say, I'm so angry. I don't want us to hear from certain witnesses in the presence of other witnesses because that could be dangerous.
So I propose that we adjourn the debate and go and do our job properly. We should call the witnesses again. I am sorry that they have travelled unnecessarily or connected by teleconference, but I think they will agree with me that there are some people who should not be involved at the same time as them.
Unfortunately, we can't ask them to say so and put pressure on them, because that would be frowned upon, I think.