I would suggest August 21 because we believe, Mr. Chairman, that this matter is urgent. I regret that the minister is not available until the end of July. I was hoping he would be available much sooner.
We could meet for the first time with the minister and, as a courtesy, allow him to be our first witness. That would certainly be appropriate on the morning of July 31. I think that based on those discussions and on the availability of witnesses, the clerk could prepare interesting witnesses, and I think we could have two useful and enlightening days. We would have to respect the fact that many of the people we're hoping will come will need some lead time. For example, I saw in correspondence from Monsieur Chevrette of Quebec that he's unavailable until the second week of August.