Mr. Speaker, the committee is not deprived of anything. It is sitting here in parliament and will be entitled to hear witnesses.
In the letter I wrote to the House Leader of his party, we indicated that we were open to a broadening of the usual narrow definition of technical witnesses. We took steps to allow witnesses to be heard. We were clear about this. Committee meetings will also be televised.
The government is acting in a reasonable manner on this issue, unlike the opposition.