Finance committee  Indeed.

Finance committee  When we built the budget, we didn't have the final list of witnesses or their availability yet. We usually include one video conference when we are not sure where the witnesses will be coming from. We'll end up spending less than that.

Finance committee  They would still have to send them for translation today, because they would have to have been sent to translation today to have them available for 3:30 p.m. tomorrow anyway.

Finance committee  And if it changes....

Finance committee  That's the issue. The issue is that if all of the parties are submitting 2,000 words between now and later tonight to be translated for the meeting at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow—

Finance committee  —logistically it's impossible if all the parties are submitting that much content at the same time. We're just trying to gauge if we can still respect that 3:30 p.m. deadline in order to have it distributed or not. We're just trying to gauge approximately how many words the tra

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  It depends on the witnesses. The more time we have to invite them the better. If certain committee members have witnesses who are available tomorrow, the members should send us the witnesses' names and we'll contact them immediately. If you agree with the Wednesday deadline, we'l

Finance committee  Not necessarily for me. Witnesses are always telling us they don't have much time to prepare. It's the nature of the beast. The committee must determine the deadlines it considers reasonable. Most other committees have at least one week to contact witnesses. For our committee, th

Finance committee  If there's a majority....

Finance committee  Yes, you have to put the question out—

Finance committee  It's the consent of the majority.

Finance committee  No, not yet. It will be.

Finance committee  Yes, we are.

Finance committee  It's probably October 24.