Mr. Chair, thank you for holding that vote. We have witnesses who were both on the Liberal list and the NDP list who have said they're available and are coming to Ottawa on Tuesday morning. Might I suggest, given the motion the parliamentary secretary put through, that we hear from them on Tuesday morning, that we take the time to have those discussions, and then in keeping with the motion we move to clause-by-clause. That would allow those individuals to speak to the motion.
I should say that if we go to clause-by-clause and the carve-out is achieved on Bill C-2, that would mean the Conservatives could not filibuster this bill. In a sense they are handcuffing themselves, but I'm comfortable with that. I believe we should be respecting people who have already indicated they want to come before this committee and people whom both the Liberals and the NDP have submitted to come before this committee for Bill C-2.