We know very well that, according to our rules, it doesn't work that way. If we send someone an invitation to testify before the committee, they can't get out of it by sending someone else. It would be unacceptable for a minister who is invited to a committee to ultimately say that they're going to send a parliamentary secretary. No one here would accept that. With all due respect to Mr. Guay, who is an excellent parliamentary secretary, no one here would accept that. That goes without saying.
The reason Mr. Wijaya has been asked to testify before this committee in the past is that Mr. Wijaya owns a number of companies in the forestry sector. It's simply out of respect for Canadians and Quebeckers that he should be able to come and tell us what his intentions are regarding the forestry sector, to express them clearly and to not shy away from doing so.
I have a fairly simple memory: We invited Mr. Pécresse here during his first week as the CEO of Rio Tinto. He may not have liked it, but he came here to defend his decisions and explain his plan for the aluminum sector in Quebec. He didn't run away. He took responsibility for the public and appeared before the committee.
There's one amendment to the motion that I won't be accepting, and that's the one that would seek to replace Mr. Wijaya with someone else. That's for sure.