Mr. Speaker, it is important because if we want to get to the bottom of things, we need to hear from people. We have to agree on the people we want to appear before us. As a long-time member of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, I know that people can argue at length about a list of witnesses and how long each witness will be required to appear. What we want is to get to the bottom of this as quickly as possible.
Not only did we prepare a list of witnesses, but we also set a deadline for producing a report so that the House could learn the truth before Christmas, and I mean the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, not just the Liberal truth.