Madam Chair, I think it's important that we keep to the topic at hand. We've invited witnesses with a clear description of the types of questions we would be asking, as it relates to their departments and their responsibilities. It's unfair for the witnesses to be asked questions that have limited...or that have nothing to do with their respective responsibilities.
There's always been a practice in committees, especially when we have members of the civil service before us, that we don't ask them to comment on decisions that are left under the purview of other responsibilities.