Mr. Chairman, in the spirit that my good friend Mr. Abbott has expressed, we are also interested in walking and chewing gum at the same time. That means we understand that there are other things the committee has to do. In the interest of transparency, we have obviously discussed it among other parties in preparation for the meeting. I'm quite happy to suggest that we hear Mr. Guterres in the first hour on Thursday and then move to a discussion of the G-8 meeting. If it's possible to have government witnesses available on Thursday for an hour, I'd be quite happy to accommodate that.
In addition to the names that Mr. Patry has in his original motion, we think that with five sessions between Tuesday, March 30, and Tuesday, April 20--because there is a gap because of the Easter break--we could accommodate the employees who are involved in the dispute. There are the current board members, led by the chairman, Mr. Braun; Mrs. Trépanier; a dissident board member who has now left, Mr. Akhavan; Mr. Broadbent; Mr. Clark; Mr. Allmand; and Mr. Latulippe, who is the new president. Mr. Latulippe would have the last word, in a sense, and would say how we are going to go forward, given all that we've heard and all that has taken place. That is our suggestion, and I think it can be done.
Our only additional request would be to see, before Mr. Braun and Mr. Gauthier appear before us, any contracts they awarded to various public relations firms, investigative firms, legal firms, and internal auditing firms that have been hired by the board since January 2010. We would like to see these contracts before the meeting so that, frankly, it becomes a more useful exchange of information and of fact. I think if we can get some agreement on that, we can move forward.