This is not a friendly amendment, Mr. Chair. We have given the people of Saskatchewan enough of a runaround. Because of some kind of procedural error, they already thought they had been invited to appear. Furthermore, they were here, in Ottawa, and we could have taken advantage of the opportunity to meet with them. The government party refused and said that we did not have to meet with them at that point, when they had nothing on the agenda. We preferred not to hold a meeting and, now, we want to wedge them into a one-hour appearance.
Mr. Chair, the francophone community of Saskatchewan deserves more than one hour. Their situation is very complicated. Giving them just one hour will not do them justice. I cannot accept this. It's minimizing the real problems of an entire community. I do not see why we are sending this message.
I hope that the parliamentary secretary will withdraw his motion to give them one hour, even if we have to combine Mr. Malavoy's hour with another hour at another time. I have no problem with that. I know that file and we won't need two hours to deal with it, I recognize that. But I find the message we are sending to Saskatchewan dreadful.