I thank you very much for your answers as well as your patience. This answers some questions, for now, but, the further we go, the more questions seem to emerge. So it's becoming difficult to get your head around it.
Mr. Chair, I'm sure my colleagues have many, many more questions to ask. So I would like to make a proposal that I hope would satisfy everyone at this point.
I would like to invite independent experts from the government to explain to us the effects of this amendment on their industry or on their lives in general. It would be a bit like what we do in the normal parliamentary process, when we invite people to come and give evidence at the beginning of a bill. People have not had a chance to speak publicly on this massive amendment put forward by the government, and I think it would be quite legitimate to allow them to do so here, before the committee.
I therefore request that additional meetings be held to hear witnesses who have not yet been heard by the committee. I am aware that this request requires the unanimous consent of my colleagues on the committee. I therefore propose to them at this stage that the committee's Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure meet to discuss the number of meetings that could be held and the experts that the committee would like to receive. If the committee were to get answers to its questions and the witnesses it wants to hear could be heard publicly, specifically on amendment G‑4, that could help move the process forward, in my view. This amendment is quite substantial, I think you will agree.
I therefore invite my colleagues to vote in favour of my proposal, which requires unanimous consent. That is what I am proposing today so that we can move forward on amendment G‑4.