Mr. Chair, I'd like to speak in support of this motion.
It's important, in particular on this motion, that we do have dates, because as was indicated by my colleague, if we don't have a chance to scrutinize these estimates by that date, they will go back to the House and be deemed as if we had scrutinized them, when we have not had that opportunity.
The Prime Minister today reiterated that committees are independent. Therefore, we make our decisions, and we need to make certain that when we make those decisions, we're making them with full information, full authorization and full understanding of what they entail. At this point in time, we don't have that.
I do recall that when Minister O'Regan was here, he indicated he would be back to this committee to talk about supplementary estimates (B). We haven't had that opportunity. We had a new minister who was brought into play and has since resigned, and now we have a new minister again.
Because of how important it is to our veterans, I think it behooves us all to make certain that when we're dealing with this issue, we've had the opportunity to have those discussions.