I mean, we were consulted by a junior member of the Department of Justice on June 14. We provided a very detailed proposal to them by 5 p.m. that day, but of course the first reading of Bill C-28 happened on June 17. The horse was already out of the barn, at that point. It was “thank you for your input”, but it was obvious that it wasn't taken into account in any way whatsoever.
I don't know when other groups were consulted. That might be something you want to ask them. All I can tell you is that we were consulted within days before the bill was introduced. We had another very brief consultation on June 17, I believe. Luke's Place was invited to a Department of Justice consultation. I had about 15 minutes' notice that it was happening. I just happened to be able to get on the call.
Again, our suggestions were dismissed fairly summarily, but I can tell you that we provided a lot of technical detail on very short notice during that.