Yes, Chair.
As you know, the Auditor General brought forward this report back in May of 2006. That's almost two years ago now. We still haven't had any answers to the questions that report provoked. I note that we could move around the dates in order to facilitate an earlier hearing from those who have the facts, so I'm calling on the committee to consider doing that.
This matter is important. It deals with $4.6 million worth of waste identified by the Auditor General. To this date, we still haven't a clue who made the decision to override a public tender, and why, and we need to understand the motivations for that decision. At this rate, we're never going to get answers. Again, it's been almost two years now since this study began, and we don't want these answers to be interrupted by other events that might spontaneously interfere with this committee's work.
I imagine there would be no problem getting unanimous support for the motion.