In terms of the public receiving signals, I've also heard from my forest industry people, asking why there were only two people on this study and why the minister only appointed two Conservatives to do this entire study at the same time as this committee is in an all-party situation doing exactly the same thing.
When I read it I was quite startled. I think the Prince George newspaper has a pretty fair reputation, so they must have uncovered something that no one else has. Certainly I would ask the minister, if he has commissioned a study with only two MPs to do this, that the rest of this committee also be included in it and that the study be referred to this committee or added on. If we need some more weeks, that's fine. But if they're going to go around the country at the behest of the Minister of Natural Resources, it only reinforces the motion here to have the minister appear, if he's doing things in parallel with us.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.