Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'll be alternating between French and English, if you don't mind.
Mr. Geist, you mentioned that your research and some documents that you received prove the existence of an insider consulting group. I'd like to re-enter into the record what Minister Fast said on May 6. At this committee he said:
...we also seek the advice of stakeholders on a very regular basis. There's no stakeholder who is told that they can't have input into the process.
He also said:
I seriously challenge your insinuation that there's this insider group, but I make no apologies for meeting regularly across a broad, diverse cross-section of stakeholders to seek their input. We'll continue to do that.
He mentioned that he was meeting with stakeholders but denied the fact that there is such an insider group. How do you reconcile the information you have with his statement? Can you do that?