I've consulted with the clerk. It has been the normal procedure of this committee, since I've been here, to invite. That's the word we have used in the past. However, there is apparently no substantive difference between inviting and requesting. There's no difference in that, if it makes someone feel better, but the subamendment is in order to strike the words “be invited to”. The line would read that the minister, etc., “appear before”. The impact is still that an invitation will be extended to them.
Is there any discussion about that?
All in favour? Opposed?