Thank you for the opportunity to respond.
The letter was a request as it was worded, but it happened in a context where no such request had ever been made, to my knowledge, by a former minister of health or the present one. In addition, it was happening in a context when—as you've heard from my colleague—there were multiple attempts to reach his office, and the answer back was silence.
That's why it came across as more of a demand than a request. It was incredibly divisive inside the board, so it absolutely interfered with our work, in my view.