Well, it is normal for a committee not to set a prescriptive timeline for the ministers because of the many other issues that they have to deal with, and that has been kind of a standard I've seen over the years, so I recognize Ms. Dabrusin's offer.
I do think that they should come as soon as possible, so I'm looking at it from two lenses. One is that the longer the TMX study hangs over this government, the more it's going to hurt, so if I were them, I'd get it over with as quickly as possible. However, if they want to drag it out, I'll drag it out forever.
I'm offering some political advice to my colleagues: Rip off that band-aid as quickly as you can. I would suggest that we turn it to the clerk to see what their availability is, and if we get blown off, I would bring back a motion calling them and insisting. I'm willing to do this in good faith and with the amendment, but I would like to get this dealt with.
I know this is not on the amendment, but I do want to ask this: On our witness list, we have Ms. Freeland. Is she still on our witness list?