But to that point, Mr. Chair, if the witnesses were brought here to help us understand the bill, and I asked for an explanation as to what the effect of clause 103 was and the witnesses said they'll get back to us and let us know what it does because they have to confer with someone to do that, aren't we in...? What's the point of having the witnesses here? I'm not saying they should have the answer to every question at their fingertips, but if they're going to assist the committee in understanding the bill that we're being asked to vote on, I for one.... When I ask the question about the consequences of all these changes and what does that do and what does schedule 1 itself do in relation to the bill and we're told by the witnesses, by the experts, that they will check it out and get back to us, are we not going to wait until they get back to us? Or are we going to vote on this blindly?
On November 22nd, 2011. See this statement in context.