The fact is that--and I think Mr. Mayrand may back this up--on the contrary, I never discussed with him the questions he could or could not answer. In fact, in the letter I wrote to him I actually said that I wanted to give him all the time he needed to put the information on the table for the benefit of the members. And it's in the letter.
Now, this is somewhat debate. I think the transcript of that Thursday meeting, the last meeting of the committee before the House rose, will show what the committee authorized the chair to do, and that's precisely what I did.
Now, with regard to the sub judice issue, I have made a ruling and I want to proceed on that basis. I've made the decision. I believe we should get on with the questions, and I'm sure that Mr. Mayrand will answer as many questions as possible. But if they are simply going to be starting at the beginning and just reading all the questions that were asked in the court and asking him to answer on behalf of Elections Canada again, he probably will invoke the sub judice convention.