Thank you, Mr. Chair. I've always appreciated your demeanour and approach in my short time on this committee.
I'll just say that precedence is usually one of the biggest things used in the structuring of any committee. In other committees I've served on, whether in the private sector or here on Parliament Hill, precedence is something that brings stability and helps make sure there is a sense of fairness.
Anyone who looks at this objectively, and looks at how committees are structured.... The committee structure within the House of Commons, based on proportionality of seats allocated, is a precedent that was set and is well established in this House. I think that, with the exception of maybe one committee, all other committees function very similarly to this one in terms of their allocation of witnesses per the proportionality of seats.
I appreciate Mr. Angus, his long service on the committee, and his perspectives, but I think you're on very solid ground as far as proportionality of witnesses according to seats is concerned.
Thank you.