Thank you, Mr. Chair.
The purpose of my motion is to invite Ms. Foote or senior officials to appear before the committee. The idea was to have them here on May 11, but unfortunately, my motion was a bit late in being dealt with. My thinking when I put forward the motion in the first place was that we could hear from the representatives and wrap up our study on the translation bureau today. I was thinking that senior officials could have appeared today, enabling us to wrap up our examination of the translation bureau today. As everyone knows, we have spent a lot of time on this issue, and I realize most of us are ready to move on to something else. But it would really be a shame not to meet with representatives from the department responsible for the translation bureau, and that's why I proposed the motion.
I put forward another motion that was postponed until later, but I'm not sure whether a date for that has been scheduled. The motion deals with the Treasury Board.
It also talks about question Q-53 on the Order Paper, which concerns the translation bureau, as well.
If we do things one at a time, we first need to wrap up our study of the translation bureau. We could do it once the report is done, as I realize the report will be written soon. If the committee members are in agreement, I would still like us to meet with senior officials from Public Services and Procurement Canada, if the minister, herself, is not available. We could ask them about their plans for the translation bureau.
And it would be great if we could hear from Treasury Board officials at the same time. We could meet for two hours, spending one hour with the Treasury Board representatives and the other hour with the Public Services and Procurement Canada senior officials. I don't imagine we'd need them here for more than an hour.
I know we're in the habit of making decisions through consensus rather than a vote. I am putting the suggestion out there, but if we need to vote on it, then we will.