I think Mr. Obhrai has actually provided all of us with the arguments for my motion--the need and the cooperation that we'll receive. I simply wanted to make sure that we could get to both my motion and Mr. Obhrai's, which I see follows mine. We can coordinate this in terms of calendars and schedules with the minister. These are two separate requests, but I think we need to at least pass the motion so that both of them can be considered. Notwithstanding the calendar concerns that Mr. Obhrai has put forward on the estimates--we all agree--we still have to pass the motion to bring these motions to the committee.
I think we are all interested in hearing from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, obviously on the estimates, but there is also expressed interest, as I'm putting forward in a motion, in recent concerns with the minister. We'll have a debate, I'm sure, about the motion, but we believe it's the role of the committee to have the minister here to talk about his role in Foreign Affairs. That's separate from the estimates process.
Actually, I'd like to get to the vote on bringing those two motions forward, both mine and Mr. Obhrai's, so that we could actually schedule the minister to appear before committee.