Mr. Regan has served close enough to the ministry to know that the ministers come when they can. We had talked at this committee about her coming to deal with the main estimates and some other issues. She informed me that she could come on Thursday. We could have communicated that better--I apologize for that--but the reality was that she has Thursday open and is willing to come on Thursday. If the committee doesn't want her to come, I'd be glad to carry that back to her as well. But I think we've previously discussed the fact that she needed to come for main estimates. We were trying to find a time for her. We're having a meeting in the morning and there was some time available in the afternoon, so the offer was made to come on Thursday.
On April 21st, 2009. See this statement in context.