I will explain to you. Section 129 of the act reads:
Five years after this section comes into force, a committee of the House of Commons, of the Senate or of both Houses of Parliament is to be designated or established for the purpose of reviewing this Act.
The act prescribes the composition of the membership of COSEWIC, and that's what the committee is to talk about. But the process of appointments is an executive decision made within the act. It's given to the minister to consult with different bodies to make the decision on who sits on it. But it is a ministerial appointment; it's an order in council appointment. That is beyond the purview of our committee. We are specifically to look at the act.
So I'm going to rule in favour of the point of order and ask that the witness keep his comments—