I know that. I acknowledge that. I've always acknowledged that.
However, he is also a minister of the crown, and he is accountable to us as parliamentarians. I don't think that it should be just at his convenience that he come before this committee. The committee needs time, or at least members of this committee need time, to look at the estimates, properly prepare questions, and assess what's being said.
In my own opinion, given the millions and millions and tens of millions of dollars that are now being cut, I think we deserve more time to prepare so we can ask probing, proper questions in the little time that we get to have him before this committee. I think Thursday is too soon.