Thank you, Madam Chair.
Just to build on some of the comments by my colleague, I guess we're talking about two scheduling issues today. I know the extension of an hour conflicts with quite a few of our schedules, so I would appreciate it if we could have the fulsome panel we planned for today. I'm happy to meet on another, additional day or to tack on an extra couple of hours to another committee meeting, but it's quite disruptive today, particularly with the short notice. That's one thing.
Next week, I know that members of the committee were keen to meet with the minister, but since he's not available and it is a constituency week, there are a number of constituency things we have planned in our communities. It's one thing to cancel them for a minister who is difficult to get to the committee, but it's another to continue with the study when we have obligations in our constituencies. I would just ask that we consider not having that meeting on Friday unless the minister is able to attend.
Thank you.