Mr. Chairman, I'm anxious to hear from our witnesses, but I received this morning, and I presume other members of the committee received, without any discussion, a notice about the meeting of the committee for Thursday afternoon in which the minister will be present. It's my view that this should not be a matter that is simply announced to us from the chair. Of course, as you know, the chair is the servant of the committee and not the other way around, and it seems to me that we should be deciding when we want the minister to come in the context of our discussions about our agenda. We should at least have some discussion about her availability. I find it hard to imagine that there's no Tuesday or Thursday in the month of May or June when she is not available to come. I think we should wait and we should have it after the month of April.
On April 21st, 2009. See this statement in context.