If I may, I would like to expand on my question. I think that I've been misunderstood.
There wasn't any talk of consultations. There was talk of negotiations. Can you confirm to the committee that, when Visa and Mastercard made the lenient offer that led to the agreements in place today, the Retail Council of Canada, the Retail Council of Quebec, the Convenience Industry Council of Canada and the Canadian Federation of Independent Business took part in the negotiations described in the statement? Did they say that these agreements were outstanding, that they supported the agreements and that they wanted the agreements implemented?
That's my question. I don't want to know whether you consulted them. Did they negotiate with you as the government promised in the 2022 fall economic statement?