Thank you.
I want to say to the members of the committee, and I made this point the other night, that I think it's critical that we get the minister in front of this committee. We have, through the clerk, reached out to him and his office 11 times. We got the final answer on Monday that he isn't going to appear before the committee.
I'm really encouraging members of the Liberal Party to get the minister here. I think it's a critical step. We've heard a lot of great information as a result of this study. I think the minister needs to come before this committee and answer questions on some of the things that we've heard and other issues related to his mandate.
I'm extremely disappointed that we have not been able to get the minister here.
Madame Lapointe, I'm going to ask you to weigh in on this, please.