Thank you very much, Ms. Block.
Yes, the departments were contacted on a couple of occasions.
There was a first volley of letters that were sent, and all the responses have been distributed to members of the committee. There was a volley of letters in the name of the chair, and then a volley of letters in the name of the committee after the motion was adopted, I believe. I'd say March 6, but I'd have to verify the date. All of those responses were distributed to members of the committee. There were a variety of different reasons given, but they all followed the same pattern of—I don't want to put words in the departments' mouths—protection of personal information, contracts and confidentiality.
I'd be happy to redistribute the letters to the members of the committee, if you like. I've written over 90 pieces of correspondence for the committee, so there has been correspondence sent to the various departments. When I say departments—I'm sorry—I also mean Crown corporations and agencies. Just to be clear, there are 21 departments, Crown corporations and agencies that are tagged in this motion.