I have a question, Mr. Chair.
As you know, Mr. Chairman, I have distributed a motion with respect to the estimates, which would, hopefully, convene the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure to attend this committee next week on Tuesday and Thursday. That motion, obviously, has a 48-hour time requirement to follow, and obviously I'm asking now. I think most members of the committee have received a copy of the motion, and it would conflict, potentially, with that motion if we were to book it for November 9.
We had agreed at the last meeting to find an extraordinary hour, outside of sitting times next week, to get Monsieur Duchesneau here, and to consider having the deputy minister and ADM from Infrastructure Canada attend in front of this committee.
None of this is showing up in the work plan for November. I would respectfully submit that we need to hold November 9 in abeyance until we discuss the question of the attendance of the Minister of Transport. I think it's of such importance that I'm sure the government would be very pleased to see, from an accountability perspective, that the minister show the estimates and address questions around them.