Apparently, those who arrived did not see her wandering the halls of Parliament. She must be preparing for her discussion with Hillary Clinton.
Because of this, I will go on to page 4 of this Treasury Board document, which I'm sure is going to be exceptionally insightful for members of the government:
Because in this system the members of the executive sit in the legislature and require its confidence, their accountability is anything but a remote theoretical construct—it is a living, daily reality in the House.
Ministers, who together as the ministry form the government of the day, exercise executive authority in this system. These ministers, who act largely through the work of a non-partisan public service, are accountable to Parliament both individually and collectively.
Again, isn't that the essence of why we are here? We're trying to get parliamentary accountability from the Minister of Finance in our search for Freeland.
All accountabilities in Canadian government flow from ministers’ individual and collective accountability to Parliament.
I think that's an important point to pause on. I will come back to this, depending on things.
At this stage, Mr. Chair, I would like to move to adjourn.