Thank you, Mr. Chair.
We have an amendment, a subamendment, and so on, and I don't know what stage we are at, but I think we can reach a consensus on the dates. It would be at least two hours in September 2020. That's a fairly broad period or four and a half weeks. It encompasses Labour Day and so on. However, it does provide us with a deadline, so we cannot put it off indefinitely. Therefore, the committee would meet in September. I think we can find common ground on that and on the availability of ministers.
Regarding officials, as the clerk specified earlier, when a minister appears before the committee, they are always flanked by their senior officials. I think we can reach our objectives. We have set aside the language that could be examined, not to say debated. We understand that. For us, the goal is to give decision-makers an opportunity to explain what led to this decision.