I have a slight suggestion here. I'm not sure whether what Mr. Laforest said is absolutely right or not. To save the committee time, I would suggest, Mr. Chairman, that with the permission of everybody, of course, we might pass this motion that we'll ask them to appear, but that the Bloc be given time to reconsider in the light of what Mr. Kenney has distributed to maybe arrange meetings with the appropriate officials privately. And that way the witness may not have to come, but if the Bloc is not satisfied after those meetings, then he will come.
On October 18th, 2006. See this statement in context.