No, Mr. Chair. You have a duty to ensure that every witness who wants to come here will do so. We are talking about an exercise that has not been done in 50 years and will certainly not be done again for another 50 years, and here we are, saying no to witnesses. There is nothing so urgent that we have to stop this work in December. No subsequent study will be more important than the study on the reform of the Official Languages Act.
We have just wasted two full four-hour sessions dwelling on commas when we could have heard from six to eight witnesses. It suits the government not to talk about the reform of the act.
So, Mr. Chair, you are the one who is under pressure. I don't know what orders you've received. I hope you didn't receive any, but prove to us that it is possible to do a good job on this reform with this kind of government approach.