We will resume.
In response to Ms. Khalid's question, which is similar to Mr. Brassard's around assurances of availability, what has happened is that the clerk, as a general heads-up, for lack of a better way to put it, informed the individuals when she was aware of the draft motion or potential motion regarding these three witnesses. When the motion was moved at this meeting, the clerk also at that point emailed the motion so that the witnesses would know there was a motion to invite them as witnesses today and asked in the email for their availability. It seems at this point that none of the three witnesses has affirmed their availability today.
Now, on this motion, the committee is free to adopt whatever motion it would like and invite any witness it wants. It then would be a matter of availability, but the committee is free to invite a witness. It then will be up to the witness and to the administration of the committee to do its best to accommodate and address availability.
I hope that somewhat clarifies the situation. It doesn't clarify Mr. Brassard's question about assurances of witnesses' availability, and I, as chair, am not in a position to comment on any such assurances, but I think it addresses the point of order that Ms. Khalid raised. If that's—