Thank you, Madam Chair.
We asked the clerk some days before that if the minister could come. You were absent, Madam Chair. You were not well. I expressed an indication informally that I thought it was important that the minister be here for the estimates. I was told that we had to have a formal motion. I would have tabled it 10 days ago, and probably should have, but I have to say that there is nothing more important than how dollars are spent and how a department is managed. I appreciate that the minister is busy, but I think it's incumbent upon her to clear an hour for us.