I was trying to be quite clear, but obviously I wasn't. My position is that I am trying to be as helpful as I can to the committee members. In trying to be helpful, I am doing my very best to answer questions with responses of a factual and analytical nature.
The policy issue belongs to the minister and to the government. If the minister has spoken on a policy issue here in the committee, I know where he stands. On that policy issue, I can give you the view in terms of what the minister thinks. If the minister hasn't decided on a policy issue, I have no information on it, of course, and I cannot provide any information in that situation.
So I am giving you factual, analytical responses to questions of that nature. To the extent possible, I would communicate to you the information on policy issues that the minister already has provided to the committee in this very situation.