Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I was actually going to make the same comments as my colleague, Mrs. Lalonde.
I am experiencing this situation in other committees and you certainly experience it in other committees: people are busy. We have a very specific schedule each week. It's really quite a challenge to have participants whenever we would like. I feel that, if the sessions for each of the studies were held alternately, it would enable us to be more flexible in hearing from witnesses.
I feel that we will need the flexibility when we start the holiday season. Schedules are full and people really are busy. Working in that way will give us more flexibility.
It is not a matter of giving one motion priority over the other. Moreover, I feel that work on Ms. Lattanzio's motion has already started. We really have to be sensitive to the time and to the schedule of when witnesses are available.
I understand that, from the 35 different witnesses proposed for this Thursday, only two will be able to be present. Basically, that shows how complicated it is to schedule people at the time we want. I feel that, by having this organizational and logistical flexibility, it will allow us to deal with the two motions in parallel and to move our studies forward.
I think that Ms. Lattanzio's motion proposed four meetings. The study proposed in the motion we have passed today will take seven or eight meetings. In any event, at some stage, we will be able to focus solely on the motion we passed today and probably finish it in January. As Mrs. Lalonde reminded us, we are all coming back in January.
So, let's give ourselves the space and the time we need, let's give ourselves more flexibility in inviting witnesses. That is what I would like us to do, so that we can have a number of witnesses.