Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to all the witnesses.
I want to go back to something raised by my colleague Mr. Chisu. I'm going to read from Minister Duguid's letter of September 2 to the minister, with respect to the position taken to halt the land transfers. He said: “This is a position that I have arrived at after discussions with stakeholders, local citizen groups, and staff”.
When I asked this question of the farmers last week, they told me they had not been contacted about this. They were not part of the input process.
I want to reiterate this for the record. Mr. Wells, as a former chair, were you part of the citizen group that advised the minister on holding back the transfer?