Thank you, Chair.
There's really a glaring and striking lack of participation and attendance by the current minister at this committee, isn't there? I would just remind my friends that it appears that the Minister of Natural Resources has only bothered to appear at this committee twice since being elected in 2019. Once in December and then again, finally, this week. Apparently that was for one hour of supplementary estimates where he tried to cover the supplementaries and the mains together.
I would just contrast that, Chair, with our previous experiences on this committee together in 2016. The then minister was here three times on the mandate letter and then for both estimates. In 2018 he appeared twice, and then....
I'll wrap up soon. I just want to make the case as to why members of this committee should support the motion, Chair.
He appeared twice in 2018 and twice in 2019. I understand as an outside observer that the current minister didn't show up for the forestry study, despite your committee passing a motion calling him to appear. He didn't show up for his mandate letter—