I know that sounds really good, except this is the agriculture committee, and he is the minister for this committee. In the past, in all fairness, ministers were given a time to attend. We always want him to come to the committee. Since the last invitation, the minister has had three weeks to fit an hour into his schedule.
He's the minister, and we're the committee that is responsible for the debate on the agriculture file. I would have trouble voting for that motion. Please understand that I'm not being difficult. It's just that there's a responsibility. I think that the intent here is that we don't have anything booked for the weeks when we come back because the minister would be a part of that discussion. We never heard from the government that he wasn't coming. As a result, the agenda, as I see it, has been left empty.
I'll leave it here. It's your motion, but that would be the reason that we on this side wouldn't support it. We have to give some commitment to this committee.