Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to everybody for being here so quickly and on such short notice. To the many of you who provided us with briefs, I greatly appreciated seeing those in advance. I'd love to go over each one of them with every one of you individually. It is appreciated.
I'm trying to ask questions as quickly as I can.
Mr. Williams, you've indicated to us that you met with the minister yesterday. Did the government actually come to you at any time before they were setting up this plan, or was it purely an opportunity to speak with the minister yesterday?