What I am suggesting is that today we spoke about this particular issue and he said he would be able to be here Thursday for two hours, but I just received a PIN not ten minutes ago advising me that the doctor said he has to stay in bed until Friday for certain and will not be available Thursday, which was going to be a two-hour meeting in which he would be here an hour for main estimates and an hour for other questions.
If I may, since it was quite urgent that I deal with this, I just want to make sure I've got my facts right in relation to next week. This is what I received. Minister Baird is on doctor-ordered bed rest until Friday. He is quite ill. As a result we will be unable to testify at committee on Thursday on either Bill C-7 or main estimates. What we are proposing is that we cancel the next meeting or have a planning meeting, or whatever the committee wishes to do, and reschedule to next week, pushing everything back a week. We are willing to schedule an extra meeting next week, if necessary.