Thank you, Chair.
This is an issue that has grown and doesn't appear to be ending any time soon.
I think that as much as we need to hear from those, as Joël indicated and Pam laid out in her motion, nothing prevents the government....
We've talked about action. Of the things we hear between now and June 23, and even if we sit in the summer when Parliament isn't sitting, nothing is going to be actionable unless the government decides to act on it. The government doesn't need our committee to tell it to take some action. It can do that on its own. We have to be mindful of that. Yes, we need to hear from witnesses. We need to hear from those communities that are being impacted and we can learn.
That's important, but I think it's important for everyone to understand that our committee hearing these in the order we need to hear them and how that all looks.... Yes, we have to try to get a lot of work in a short period of time, but that does not preclude the government from taking action now, in advance.
I just want that to be very clear and on the record.