I guess the question is.... You may be in contact with these witnesses and they're for sure guaranteed, but life happens. If these witnesses aren't available, we again do not have a lot of time, because we've now burned today trying to get hold of people. Then we're into Friday to reach out to political parties—and which politics parties? Is it just those represented in the House? Are we opening it up beyond that in terms of the parties people wish to speak to? It can't be just names. We will need contact information for all of those witnesses. For political parties, is it just the Conservatives, Bloc, Liberal, NDP and Green, those who are represented in the House, or is it beyond that? The meeting might have a different tone if we have witnesses beyond that.
I do take your point on “in the order listed”, but it makes it more difficult for the clerk to ensure that we're complying with that.
I don't know if anyone has any options. It's a logistical difficulty, the way the committee has set it up. If we don't want to hear from the Chief Electoral Officer until the end of the study, we're now looking to hear from him in the fall. If that's the will of the committee, that's fine. We will undertake that, but I don't....
Madame Normandin.