And she is named in the motion by Mr. Easter. She has recommended, also from that same area, Mr. Peter Larose, assistant deputy minister in the department. So those two people will be here on Thursday.
Finally, we had requested that Dimitri Soudas and Ryan Sparrow appear. They were named in the motion to appear. We had scheduled them for May 11.
Mr. Soudas has not confirmed. We're waiting for a confirmation. Mr. Sparrow has indicated to us that the minister is going to be speaking on behalf of the department. In his e-mail to us, he indicated that because the ministerial responsibility lies with the minister for her department and staff, and since Mr. Sparrow works for the minister, he would like to request that the minister appear to answer any questions in his place.
Mr. Sparrow, as members will know, did have some direct involvement in this matter, so I'm open... At this point I am going to request that Mr. Sparrow still appear, as he was specifically named. I'm sure a minister can speak for everybody in a department, but certain individuals who have had direct involvement in certain activities may have some information or details that committee members would like to pursue. So I'm going to respect the motion by Mr. Easter that was adopted by the committee, and I'm going to reaffirm that we would like to have him appear, notwithstanding his suggestion that the minister could answer the questions.
This is for the members' information so that they can plan their activities. I will attempt to keep all the members updated on these matters.
Mr. Siksay, go ahead on this matter.