Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague from the Bloc for his question. To answer it very quickly, I do not believe the government is committed to hearing more witnesses or allowing this process to go forward. It is trying to rush it through. It is trying to rush the amount of witnesses through the committee.
Even though the ceiling as the hon. member has correctly mentioned is 45 witnesses, we do not even know if we will get through those witnesses or if we will be able to replace those who, as I mentioned earlier, were not given proper notice in time to be able to come here.
I would love to have some of the other provincial representatives give their thoughts or give Canadians from different organizations across the country the chance to be heard on this legislation. For many of them it is tough to come to Ottawa on such short notice. That is why we should expand the ability of the committee to do better work and more work and to allow it to travel to hear from Canadians across the country.
It is a simple request. If the hon. parliamentary secretary were serious about his demands for democracy and commitment to the country, perhaps he would not find it so difficult to expand that view of the committee.