My suggestion is that we at least get him in here. It's not ideal. It's not what we wanted. Obviously, you'd want the minister within a short number of sessions of the start-up of the committee, but is that not a compromise to get the minister here for both sessions, obviously given his schedule. It's difficult to balance what a minister has to balance but also be in front of the committee to satisfy our motion and the needs of the committee.
On March 8th, 2016. See this statement in context.