Here is a suggestion as we move forward. When we were dealing with Bill C-100 in the previous Parliament—on this particular legislation—there were 15 witnesses from 12 different groups. There has been a fair amount of consultation prior to its coming before us. In fact, it's my understanding that CETA and so on moved through much faster, just in the essence of time here.
If we are going to have extended hours next week in addition to this week, we should be able to accommodate most of the witnesses. The letter—in anticipation of that comment that Mr. Carrie mentioned—is ready to go. The clerk has it. I just have to sign it with the approval of the committee.
The letter will go out to standing committees very quickly. As you know, most of them are fully aware of the process and so on, and I think they can probably meet the date, the February 21 date. They know this is coming as well.