Just on the same theme, being a farmer I understand the rules of nature. Everything works in cycles. These witnesses, these people sitting in front of us today, are running on a different cycle from ours as parliamentarians. They don't have time to go and consult with a minister or consult with a department; they need answers now. They report back to their families. They report back to their communities. They have to feed people; I definitely get that. What minister, in their right mind, would sit back and say, I want to put it off to another day?
I don't understand all this push-back from colleagues in the government, who are saying that we have to delay it for another meeting. Just get the conversation going with the department and the minister, and report back. Everybody can go ahead and do what they have to do so that these people in front of us can go out, make their livelihoods, and with respect and dignity, not having to look over their shoulders figuring that the government's going to come out and get them.
That's my two cents' worth.