Chair, I move that we invite Minister Joly, and we can have a vote to see where members stand on it.
The fact is, from my line of questioning, it's been made very clear that the officials cannot speak to whether the minister was informed, what she knows and the extent to which she is involved or not in this issue. She is responsible for the department. I do not suppose that she personally signed off on every one of or necessarily any of the 8,000 contracts, although maybe she did in some cases.
The principal point here is that there's a very significant audit that shows very significant problems in contracting within her department, and officials are not able to answer questions about what she knew and when, what actions she has taken, if and when she was briefed, and her engagement with the follow-up on that.
Insofar as we have a system of ministerial accountability, I think we should hear from the minister about these matters. I will simply move, as I said, that the committee invite the minister to testify on this matter for two hours.