Mr. Chair, I'm sorry to be opposed to the amendment that Mr. Hawn presented, but my experience early on at this committee, when we had some witnesses here, was that the government members walked out on all the witnesses one day, and that ensured that the meeting could not proceed. Witnesses who had been brought to this meeting here—at Canadian taxpayers' expense, as a matter of fact—were left high and dry.
My concern with this amendment is that we could have a situation where one government member can dictate whether or not we will hear witnesses. The past experience I had in that situation indicates to me that I must oppose this amendment.