Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to go back to the difficulty of reaching the witnesses. We have suggested inviting the President of the Treasury Board, Mr. Duclos, as well as representatives from the FCFA. We have suggested potential witnesses, particularly elected officials who, we can but hope, will agree as a priority to appear before the committee, since it has not sat for several months. I hope that they will show some goodwill and make themselves available as soon as possible, given that it has been a long time since the committee has sat. Of course, I understand that it may be difficult to reach them, but, let's be honest, in this case, we have to rely on the goodwill of key people.
I also wanted to bring this up while we are in a public meeting, so that those individuals can hear what we are saying. We are not talking about any old person, or about those in organizations with few means in these difficult times. We are talking about key people, elected people, people with responsibilities directly linked to the topics that we are discussing at this committee.
I hope that those people will make themselves available, not only for this Thursday, but also for next Tuesday and beyond.