Thank you, Madam Chair.
On this issue of accountability, I also want to put in my two cents. We have an issue, as has been stated, with the Afghanistan situation, where we had people who worked for us. We all know the situation, as has been said today, of people who are literally worried for their lives and working to save their lives while we're, frankly, wasting time here with this.
The ministers have the responsibility to show up to talk to us. They've been given that opportunity. I just want to make sure they understand that they need to come here and that if they don't, we will work to summon them.
As has been said, this has been going on since October, so there have been lots of opportunities. There are a few constructive things that I would say.
I think we should offer them whatever date they want. We'll be happy to rearrange our schedule around them if that's what it takes. If that's the only way we can get the ministers here, then they should tell us what they can do and we will accommodate them if they can't accommodate us.
The other thing I would say is that on this issue of officials, I believe the motion said minister and officials together. That would mean two hours of both. I don't think there's any point in having one hour of officials. We want both at the same time. I think if we had the officials for one hour, that's just a waste of time in my mind, because we still have to get them back for two hours anyway, and we don't have a lot of extra slack in the schedule. I would say if we can't have the minister and officials together, then we can't meet on the subject.
As I said, we definitely need the Minister of Defence, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Justice. These are the three who have not responded to us. Those are the ones we need to respond and to actually come to the committee.
Madam Chair, while I have the floor, I would like to move a motion. It's the motion that I submitted to the committee on Friday. I don't know if you want me to read it or if we can—