Madam Chair, thank you very much. I want to come back in to echo the comments of my colleague Mr. Baker.
The parameters are that we have protected the timeline for the report; we've just passed a motion saying that the report itself, or its timing, shall not be affected by what we're discussing now. We also have no indication that Mr. Marques is unwilling to appear. We have extensively debated and are prepared to continue to debate—and I don't know how effective it would be—the sense or the logic of using a summons, under these circumstances.
I wonder whether there is a potential alternative solution that Mr. Bezan might be willing to consider. We have a subcommittee on agenda and procedure that could meet to probe the actual availability of Mr. Marques in his exchanges with the office of the clerk. If there is an indication that Mr. Marques is able to appear under the timelines that we have just defined with respect to the report, then that may be one other way to get at this, rather than endlessly debating it.
I think the point on the summons is important and needs to be debated and made, and we're prepared to do it, but there is potentially another option to more efficiently look at this issue. The overriding interest in the committee is to finish the report and develop conclusions and recommendations that are apropos and will move the issue forward.
Again, there is another option at your disposal, Madam Chair, along with the will of the committee, if it chooses to use that mechanism.