Mr. Chair, I've had my hand up to speak to the point of order.
If I may, it's more than just what people want. I'm going to read the motion that was passed, which is binding upon this committee and you. It says:
That, pursuant to the Order of Reference of October 22, 2020, the Minister of Health appear before the Committee for no fewer than 2 hours to consider the Supplementary Estimates (B) prior to November 6th 2020; and that this meeting be televised.
The motion couldn't be clearer. That's why having heard the point of order and having heard from the minister, who can only stay at this point for one hour, we would be violating the precise terms of the motion that we passed and will have no choice but to reschedule this meeting.
I appreciate the minister being here and all of the staff, and I appreciate it's not their responsibility or fault that this meeting has been truncated, although I do note that when we convened this meeting, when we started, generally the procedure would be to ask for unanimous consent to proceed with the meeting while the bells were ringing, and at least we could have had the minister's statement out and proceeded at that time. I noticed that you didn't even canvass that possibility, but just simply unilaterally said the meeting wouldn't start until now.
As the chair of the committee, you decided to start this meeting in the knowledge that we would have one hour to complete the meeting, when the motion calls for the minister to appear—not the meeting to be conducted, but for the minister to appear—for no fewer than two hours, which we all know now cannot happen.