I got in touch with them and they will appear during the week following Victoria Day. They have told me that it would be better for us to have the two ministers to answer questions of a political nature. Bureaucrats cannot answer questions of a political nature. People from Treasury Board were ready to appear on Monday but we had already invited representatives of the department to talk about the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. They are all ready to appear.
If you only want to meet with the department officials to talk about program cuts, they are quite willing to come and testify but they think it would be better for you to hear the ministers.