Thank you very much.
Normally, we have discussions in the hallways. I don't want to repeat them here, but we don't even know if the minister will be available in two weeks. I am very familiar with the opposition's tricks: If he is not available, they will say that the minister did not comply with the motion. The motion proposes a date, but I have no idea of the minister's availability. I don't have his schedule in front of me.
Does the committee want to undertake a study on the RCMP? If so, it could invite Vic Toews and Steven Blaney. Indeed, the problem of bilingualism in the RCMP is not new, as Mr. Beaulieu rightly said. It didn't start 24 hours ago, or 48 hours ago, or with the story we just read in the paper recently. It goes back a number of years. If the committee wants to undertake a more in-depth study on the topic, it can invite everyone.
Depending on the committee's flexibility, I suggest giving the RCMP commissioner a deadline, which everyone agreed on, and giving the Minister of Public Safety a little more flexibility. No one has talked to us about this before. Normally, there are discussions beforehand behind the scenes. If that had been the case, we would have known that the committee wanted to invite the minister and we would have negotiated a date; maybe not November 8, but maybe the week after or before December 1, for example. At the moment, the date in question is two weeks away. I'm not a minister, but my schedule for the next three weeks is already full.