On the issue of the minister, I can tell you that we have tried to have the minister. We have addressed the issue in previous meetings. Mr. MacKinnon, a number of meetings ago we talked about sending a letter to the minister. You indicated then that you would discuss, as best you could, asking the minister to attend.
Our discussions with the minister are such that her attendance would be on a certain date. We asked if she could attend when we were not sitting and she could not, so my understanding of this letter is that it is putting that issue in writing.
With that said, perhaps the analyst would like to make a comment.