Mr. Chair, I just wanted to point out that that's precisely what I was saying earlier. Both had accepted the committee's invitation after receiving a more formal request to appear.
Since the clerk just clarified that a friendly invitation would be extended first and since the two signalled their interest in appearing, I repeat that re-adopting the motion, as it stood in the previous session of Parliament, will certainly go a long way towards retaining their interest in contributing to the committee's work.