If I may, by way of offering this motion to the committee, I have learned that in fact Minister Fortier has not agreed to come on November 2. In fact, he will only agree to come at the end of November--I believe the 28th is the date. Given that we do not have the opportunity to question Mr. Fortier in the House of Commons and we do not have the ability to learn what his plans are in terms of the major decisions he's planning with respect to procurement, if we heard correctly from the witnesses who were present here last Thursday, surely there is an obligation on our part to get the minister to our committee. That is the reason I have brought this motion forward. I'm offering it to the committee.
On October 24th, 2006. See this statement in context.