Thanks, Chair.
Thanks, Minister, for being here, and to the deputy minister as well.
Minister, I'm struggling here, because opposition members are saying that somehow we haven't done comprehensive consultation. I can assure them—just ask my wife for a testimony about how little I was home for the summer as we travelled across the country and met with so many stakeholders—that this was a highly comprehensive approach, in my view, to consultation.
What I think the members are suggesting, though, is that they have not taken the opportunity to use this committee's time to do pre-budget consultations, which was their choice, not our choice, because we actually suggested that our committee could be undertaking that work currently, but, as Mr. MacDonald suggested, we have spent the last month on other topics.
Bill C-4 is certainly important, but before I get there, I want to ask you a little about the new capital budgeting framework and the new budget cycle.
First of all, we consulted with the PBO. Is that correct?