I'd like to speak to that point of order, Mr. Chair, for five seconds.
As a point of order, in the Library of Parliament briefing note provided for this committee today, it says on page 2:
On 20 April 2009, a request was sent to the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) to provide a full costing of the legislative proposals contained in Bill C-311. On 18 May 2009, the Hill Times reported that the PBO office responded that it cannot fulfill the request with its current budget.
Now, as a matter of point of order, when a question is clearly answered, can a continuing series of questions being put to a witness compel a witness to answer a question that is answered?