Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to the witnesses for being here today.
It is a pleasure to see you again, Mr. Dubeau.
I have to apologize. We had received a notice that your presence today was not necessary. My colleagues and I thought that there was going to be a different agenda for this meeting.
The plans changed, however, as is often the case here. This is not a normal situation for us, particularly since we received the letters from the witnesses who have already appeared, with their correspondence, just before the meeting.
However, we came to discuss the motion for Mr. Clark to return to the committee today.
Again, I'm grateful to the witnesses for being here, I believe, unfortunately, at the misdirection of the government. However, this is something we're used to, and it's not a surprise to me that we've received correspondence at the last minute, on the second occasion now. I feel very sorry for taking your time like this because, having been in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and having served alongside at least one of these individuals, I know that their schedules are busy and certainly filled with matters beyond the government operations committee.
Nonetheless, here we are today, and we did arrive here today with the understanding that we were going to have the debate and the discussion on the issue of Mr. Clark returning.
With that, Mr. Chair, I'm going to move another dilatory motion. I move:
That, given the letter received today from Tom Clark, the committee hear from Tom Clark for two hours and not undertake any other business this 7th day of November 2024 until Tom Clark has addressed the committee.
I believe the text of the motion has been provided to the clerk.