Thank you, Madam Chair.
I want to express my support for the motion. One of the reasons is that I think—and it's been the subject of some conversation already today—that the parliamentary timelines with respect to a deal are very real constraints. I appreciate the work of public servants but I also appreciate that they're not in a position to speak to House business in a way that a minister of the Crown would be.
I think it is important for the committee to try to understand exactly how the government imagines implementing legislation for such deals through the House in time for the deadline. I think the minister, among representatives of the department, would be uniquely qualified to speak to that because I don't think we can expect to get answers from departmental officials on that. That's one of the reasons I think it's important that we invite the minister to speak to this issue. It's one of the reasons I'll be supporting this motion.