Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I do recognize my colleague's comments and Mr. Blaikie's comments, but I am an eternal optimist. I still hold some belief that the Minister of Finance will uphold her obligations, I would say, to the Canadian public and appear in front of this committee. At the very least, if she won't do the right thing, then maybe she'll feel the heat for not responding.
In that spirit, I would offer the following amendment to Mr. Chambers' motion. I'll read the revised version, and if the clerks need it, I can go through it and clarify any revisions, and we will circulate the amendment as well.
The amendment is as follows: “That the Standing Committee on Finance call the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance to appear before the committee”—we'll delete “by herself”—“for 90 minutes and that the minister appear at the committee within 14 days of the adoption of this motion.”