Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Good afternoon, Mr. Franks. Thank you for being here.
You are the last witness in a long series of witnesses. As you know, we began the hearings yesterday morning at 9:00 and finished them at 6:00 p.m. We began again this morning at 10:00, and we will finish around 3:00 this afternoon We will be debating the thrust of the report. We will share our observations, conclusions and recommendations, and debate about them.
The Speaker was clear in his order: he wants to know whether the government has complied with the order of the House to provide documents. This may seem like a simple question, but for close to two days now, we have been working on trying to understand whether it has complied. It has seemed to us since yesterday that the government has not complied with the House order. It seems that we are missing some information. So we will debate this, after your testimony, to come to a conclusion and give a thrust to our report.
Now, what are our options if we find that the government did not comply with the House order? Earlier, you gave us five suggestions, which we could include in our recommendations. But if we find that it did not comply with the House order, what options do we have?