Mr. Chairman, I can appreciate the minister's timelines. In fact, I don't expect the Conservative minister to be liberal with very much of his time. But I wondered if you could ask the minister a question on my behalf, albeit now the time has run out.
It's been five months, and we've only had an hour and five minutes with the Minister of Industry. You know how important the subject matter is, and I'm sure that he does. There are a number of us who in fact were on the roster to ask some questions on the wage earner protection program, the auto sector, and science and technology. I'm wondering whether we can have the assurance that the minister will be back with us very soon for an additional hour before we leave for the summer, or if he can't, by the time we leave, that at least he answer the questions you posed in the letter, so that we have an opportunity to take his comments into account as we move to look at the stresses and strains in the manufacturing sector.