Thanks, Mr. Chair.
I was going to comment on some of the things that MP Fisher brought up. Again, it's not a matter of not wanting the minister to come. I definitely do, and I think every parliamentarian, everyone on this Zoom call and anyone watching wants her to come. I suspect that Ms. Hajdu, the Minister of Health, relishes that opportunity as well.
We talked about some words today. I have been listening to some key words that have come up today, such as “pragmatic” and “calm”. Those were some of the words I heard today. I think one of them is about the ability to look at this from a common-sense approach and look at the fact that the Minister of Health is like all of us, every parliamentarian and every Canadian, waging a battle against COVID. I think we can do better than to give her three days to come here. I think there's a common ground between this committee and the minister's staff to look at a time when she can come, answer questions, and we go from there.
My hope is that we can look at this amendment in this spirit. It's a common-sense approach to get to the dialogue we need to have with the Minister of Health of this federal government.