I want to thank the witnesses for coming here so quickly and being available to answer our questions. I believe we also have a representative from CPAWS here as an observer; I want to welcome them and thank them for being here.
I want to address a comment made by Mr. McGuinty. I think he said about 20 minutes ago that he received this material one hour ago, so that would be about an hour and 20 minutes ago. The fact is, Chair, that this material was tabled in both lobbies yesterday right after QP. The minister made a statement, Mr. McGuinty made a statement, and Mr. Duncan made a statement. These were available in both government and opposition lobbies.
Also, at four o'clock yesterday we made sure that this was hand-delivered to Mr. McGuinty's office because he's the Liberal critic. Copies were also delivered to Mr. Bigras' office and to Ms. Duncan's office yesterday.
I spent quite a bit of time yesterday, Chair, actually--