Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I had a chance in the interval since the last meeting to look at the motion that was passed that supports these hearings. I see in the motion it does not indicate that we exclude individual municipalities. I'm just again appealing to the chair that there are several municipalities, some of whom feel quite strongly and would pay their own way to come here, and others who would we would hear by video testimony.... From the testimony that we've heard today, I think we can accept on the face of it that we have a serious problem. Can we not allow individual municipalities that wish to be here to either come.... And we have them from each province, from Alberta, British Columbia, Quebec. Could they not be allowed to be considered as witnesses? Up to now, they have been denied, and I think it's simply unfair and ineffective for us not to allow them to be heard. It's disrespectful.