Yes, this is a little wrinkle. The notice I received was that the minister was prepared to appear before the committee today between 3:30 and 5:30. On that basis, I was more than willing to vacate my schedule in order to be available to hear from the minister in a continuous fashion today. With the information that we're now receiving from his parliamentary secretary, it appears he's not available at 3:30, but would make himself available for a short period before the economic update and then following the votes.
I don't think that is necessarily the ideal situation in order to hear from the minister. I would ask the parliamentary secretary if the minister would be available tomorrow afternoon--and if not then, possibly on Thursday morning, just to give you an example--at let's say 3:30 or 4 or 4:30, for at least an hour-and-a-half block of time in a continuous fashion, not the disjointed fashion being suggested.
To echo our colleague Monsieur Ménard, the economic update is the economic minister. All of us may wish to have the luxury of participating and hearing that economic update. However, if the justice minister, whose primary responsibility is justice, can make himself available for the time that was initially sent out through the chair's office today, then I would recommend that he do so. Many of us changed our schedule based on the notice we received.