Thank you, Chair.
First of all, I want to thank Mr. Chong for his very clear and correct interpretation of the role of the NSICOP and the fact of its existence. I know there's disagreement here between what's being said by the minister and by Mr. Dubourg, but clearly, according to the act, it is not a committee of Parliament. It reports to the Prime Minister. It keeps secret all of the things that the minister and a prime minister do not want reported.
The order of the House was very clear that the documentation should go to the law clerk of the House for his determination as to what's appropriate or not. That procedure was there and designed to do exactly what was pointed out.
I think it's also very clear that the government has not followed the order of the House. That's on the record. I want to thank Mr. Chong for elaborating that point and making it clear that what's being said here tonight is not correct in its description of the role of the NSICOP—a committee of the government that is appointed to report to the prime minister, who has control over the documentation and the release of the report.
I want to briefly ask a single question of Dr. Poliquin.
In addition to investigating the transportation of the viruses with respect to risk assessment, did they also do a risk assessment of what goes on at the lab in Wuhan? Was that part of the risk assessment? Was there any necessity for mitigation as a result?