Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
There is the parliamentary secretary right now, and I'm glad he's here.
Also I want to note for the viewers at home that the member from Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan is in the building and has a number of materials that he will draw upon for his comments. I am just the warm-up act.
As we talk about the motion before us, we had some requests on this side with respect to clause-by-clause maybe starting on June 6 instead of Thursday, May 25, but we will give all other demands or requests up if we reference an invitation to the minister to appear at the committee for two hours before clause-by-clause.
Based on previous experience, invitations that include the minister don't even need to be abided by the minister, so I'm not really sure what the government's issue is with having an invitation to the minister included in this motion, unless, of course, the minister is intending not to show up.
If the minister does show up, I have some questions for the minister, and this is why it's important.