Mr. Speaker, I am happy to speak in English in the House. I do not need to excuse myself. As a sovereignist it is useful to speak English for people who want a partnership with Canada. I truly believe that will happen in the near future when Quebecers choose to opt for sovereignty.
My question to my colleague is to some extent a question I wanted to put to the parliamentary secretary. We understand now that there are supposed to be 45 witnesses. That is the quota that was given to our party. This is unprecedented in the history of parliamentary democracy in the House of Commons.
Apparently only 23 witnesses have accepted. The debate is supposed to last until next Tuesday. Does my hon. colleague from Edmonton—Strathcona believe the work of the committee should be prolonged to hear at least those 45 witnesses and time should be allocated to hear more people? Does he believe that the Liberal Party and the government want something like this to happen and want us to hear more witnesses?