Mr. Chairman, on a point of order, I have two quick points.
First of all, I notice we have officials from NRCan here today, and that's good, but I'd like to know if that means the minister will not be appearing. He was invited. I note he has appeared at committees where he wasn't invited, and now he's not appearing at this meeting where he is invited. I wonder if this means we have to invite his senior policy advisory, Bruce Winchester, in order to get him to appear. Is he in fact going to come, or not? That's what I'd like to know first.
On the second point, Mr. Bowden mentioned he wasn't called by BP until last week. Obviously that's alarming and disconcerting. We have also asked certain oil companies, like Chevron, to come before us. As a point of order, I'd like to know if they're coming. My understanding is that Chevron has refused. Have any other oil companies agreed to come?
First, the minister has refused to come, I gather, and secondly, are any of the oil companies coming?