Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I think our parliamentary secretary, Mr. Warawa, is confused. He says it's not confusing, but he confuses that matter.
This is a very specific motion that is seeking to ascertain the will of this committee to have the Minister of the Environment come to present and be prepared to explain the conduct of the government over the past 12 months of the fiscal year ended on March 31, 2007.
This is not a motion that is calling on the minister to arrive and discuss the main estimates as presented four weeks ago. I put that in black and white in my opening statement. This is about circumscribing, as Mr. Bigras said clearly, the minister and our agenda for Thursday, so that we can more fully focus.
If we're on a high seas fishing expedition and the minister wants to speak about everything, including what his favourite cookie recipe is, I'm not interested. We're talking about the year-end, March 31, 2007.
I'd like to be positive about this and I'd like to call for the vote now, Mr. Chair, because I think the motion is very clear, and I'd like it to be the expression of the will of the committee.