Thank you, Mr. Cooper.
There are a lot of things that I—and none of us—control. As you know, our resources are very limited. As you know, PROC is to meet for four hours a week. As you know, we're meeting for a lot more than that. We're also juggling who has committed and who has not.
The motion that was presented to this committee did not provide me a lot of leniency. I respect that. We did get Jody Thomas to commit to her two hours. Because we got an extra hour, Mr. Blair was able to give us an hour. We can always work on getting them back and so on forth.
I'm working at trying to put puzzle pieces in a schedule that's challenging. I'm sure some might know that perhaps in the House of Commons right now there's someone standing on a question of privilege, which will come to this committee. I'm trying to manage what our focus and our priority is every single day because it's continually changing. For us, it's difficult. I hear you. I read in both official languages the letters you write to me and I always enjoy reading them. You don't have to send so many, but when you do I hold them close to my heart.
Right now, we have the national security intelligence adviser, who we want doing important work in keeping our country safe, appearing for two hours. We have Minister Blair appearing for one hour. You want him for a second hour. We will try to do our best to make that happen.
Minister Mendicino's office has responded back to confirm where we can make his schedule work with our schedule. Minister Joly has also been doing that. We're just kind of in this multiring circus. Rest assured and be reassured, Mr. Cooper, that I take your requests very seriously and I'll do whatever I can.
With that, Mr. Stanton and Mr. Wilczynski, we really appreciated your insights today—at least I did. I've been watching you at other committees. I like this duo you have going on. It might go really far. I also noticed that you—