Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I appreciate your providing some context for that just for information. I do understand that part of the process is that I can ask officials questions. I also have a few other questions related to aspects of these definitions, if Ms. Boldt or others want to clarify.
It sounds like what the chair is saying is that you received an invitation from the chair to be here—or from the clerk on behalf of the chair—and I'd like to know when that invitation was issued and when you were told that the clause-by-clause was going to be happening today. I know that there are a lot of other people—not just officials, but people in civil society and elsewhere—who are very concerned about the issues around Bill C-20. They did not have the courtesy of any heads-up that this was happening. Obviously, officials get information that the general public doesn't, but I would like to know when that invitation was issued.
You keep glancing at the chair. It's a simple question.