That question is addressed to me.
First of all, two weeks ago was a break week for Parliament, so we were not in Ottawa.
As for last Tuesday, there was a confidence vote. There were rumours about possible political manoeuvring that could have influenced the confidence vote to be held in the House of Commons. Since I didn't want committee members to miss that vote, I didn't call a meeting for Tuesday.
As for Thursday, while talking to several committee members, I heard that there might be a solution to the problem of systematic filibustering or our discussions that are clearly not leading to solutions. So, I decided to let people talk privately, so as not to waste the House of Commons' money. Unfortunately, that didn't work.
I wanted to call a committee meeting today, but I received a request for a meeting under Standing Order 106(4). So here we are.
The goal is to move forward and let people discuss as planned, without wasting too much taxpayer money, hopefully, in order to find a solution that will allow us to hear from the witnesses we all want to invite here. That's really what this is about.