That's a good question, sir.
We had an e-mail from.... He's called the senior adviser. I don't want to spend too much time on this. I'll try to give you as concise an answer as possible, but I don't want to get into a lengthy discussion because I don't want to take time away from these witnesses.
We got an e-mail from a fellow by the name of François Harvey, who is the senior advisor, parliamentary affairs. He sent an e-mail to the clerk and said: Due to unforeseen circumstances, CIC officials, including Immigration Program Managers from missions in New Delhi, Manila and Chandigarh, will unfortunately not be able to appear before the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration tomorrow.
That was the message. Unfortunately, that was received late in the morning yesterday. There wasn't enough time to arrange for other witnesses, so unfortunately we had to cancel the first hour.
Representations have been made to Mr. Harvey as to when these witnesses will be able to appear, and at this point he hasn't responded.