I am also opposed to the amendment. The excuse we are given is the minister's heavy schedule. We are all familiar with ministers' responsibilities—be it when it comes to this committee or other committees. They are all very busy, but they are required to appear before the committees under whose jurisdiction those departments are, to fulfill their accountability obligation regarding results.
In order for us to be able to study supplementary estimates (B), the minister, pursuant to his obligations, will have to appear before us. The reason put forward—the minister's heavy schedule—does not justify his avoiding the obligation to account to this committee, in my opinion.