I quite agree with you. That said, when the minister appears before the committee, I often have trouble getting him to leave, because he stays longer than planned.
We'll try to work with him to see what can be done. In any event, I suggest that we invite him to appear on May 8 to discuss Rio Tinto and that we invite him back to discuss the main estimates. Even if the minister were totally unavailable between now and the end of May and the committee had already reported to the House on the budget, the minister could come a bit later, in June, to discuss it.
Would anyone else like to comment?
Mr. Masse, you have the floor.