I also do not think that we need to go to four or five places. I am simply saying that we cannot focus only on the Yukon.
Just imagine that we are in the Yukon doing this study and that people from Toronto want to come and speak on this subject. Witnesses from all over will be asked to participate in this study. In that case, would we go to Toronto? Would we make them come to the Yukon? We have conducted all our studies here. I do not want to change the habits of people who are not used to coming to Ottawa. We have used means such as video conferencing before.
I think that it is so telegraphed. It is definitely in order to create enthusiasm for a private member's bill that had to be put on hold. It was transformed into a more vague study so that it takes more time.
The cost would be astronomical. Mr. Chair, do you have any idea of how much it would cost just to get to the Yukon? I did some research on the weekend and it would cost at least $40,000 to $50,000.
With that money, we could tour all the courts and all francophone communities. Mr. Goguen, we did a study on the Criminal Code, which was mandatory. However, we were able to do a serious study from Ottawa. I believe that we can do a serious study of the bill in question, which has morphed into a study.