Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
My contacts with the minister have been quite generous, and I know he wishes to be transparent and appear at committee.
I support Mr. Bezan's suggestion that we ask the minister to appear. Given the minister's schedules, the earlier you get a request in, the more likely you are to get the minister and to find a convenient time for the minister to appear.
I think the suggestion that we invite the minister to appear and discuss his mandate letter is a good one. I don't think we need to wait for the steering committee, if there's agreement around the table, to issue that invitation to the minister, which would allow him to arrange his schedule.