If I could quickly, Mr. Chair, you and I had an opportunity to speak briefly prior to the meeting with respect to the establishment of witnesses. I think most times we can come to a consensus on witnesses, but there was some confusion before this meeting. I'm going to suggest, just to avoid further confusion, that perhaps in the future we could submit, say a week in advance, who our witnesses are and try to come to a consensus by way of direction to the clerk. If there isn't a consensus, then we obviously would have to come to the committee. I anticipate most times we could come to some form of consensus on the witness list, but in the event we couldn't, then we could ensure that matter would come back before the committee.
On March 25th, 2010. See this statement in context.