The principle of proportionality based on the number of seats does not work, because I should have had the same number of witnesses as the NDP, without overlap. The only overlap was with the list of witnesses submitted by Mr. Angus, and they were representatives of the Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec, or FTQ.
I don't know how it was done, but you say in the brief message you sent that you followed much the same procedure. But that is not the case, because we do not have a work plan. If you remember, in the study that we did on the greenhouse gas emissions cap, we had a working document indicating which witnesses were going to appear and when, and their political affiliations. We had that working plan, so a number of people thought it was fair.
In this case, we never saw a work plan. We did not discuss it together in subcommittee. I repeat what I said last week. I don't think it's worth pursuing this study, because I don't think it's going anywhere. This study will certainly not be representative of the questions on just transition in Quebec.
We heard the opinion of the FTQ representatives, but we did not hear the opinion of the other workers' associations in Quebec. We had a lot of input from oil company representatives and a lot of people who were in favour of the oil and gas sector. One of the objectives of the study was to define what a just transition would entail. Yet we received very few experts on this issue.
This will not be my problem, but rather that of the analysts. They will have a serious problem trying to write something coherent in relation to the original motion. I wouldn't want to be in their shoes.
In future, we need to be consulted and given a working plan. Otherwise, I will not make a witness list; it would be a waste of time. If the work is based on ideological interests, I will not waste my time making lists of witnesses. We have to follow a work plan. As Mr. McLean said, there has to be proportionality based on seats.
I will debate this with you when we are in camera. Note that I am not saying this to overwhelm you, Mr. Chair.