Thank you, Chair.
I want to voice my support for this motion to go forward. The fact is that this committee has the responsibility to deal with the estimates, and we have a very tight timeline due to what's been happening within the government with the circumstances around the newly appointed Minister of Veterans Affairs , who found herself in a scenario where she needed to resign. We are now facing circumstances in which we have an interim Minister of Veterans Affairs.
I think it's really important that we do our due diligence and give proper scrutiny to the supplementary estimates (B) and determine that it take place on either February 25 or 27. We are on a tight timeline to the end of next week, when they will be deemed reported whether or not we have the interim veterans affairs minister come. Due to the circumstances the government is in right now, I think it's very appropriate that this be done properly, as the committees—as we all know—function with independence from what's happening within the government. We have the responsibility to do that.
I would just say that even though the motion wasn't delivered with advance notice, I think there is clearly a reasonable explanation for that, and it is really important. I believe we have unanimous consent to move forward with this and have the interim Minister of Veterans Affairs come before the committee on February 25 or 27.