Normally, recommendations from the steering committee need to be approved by the full committee. The steering committee cannot issue an invitation by itself. That is my point of order. The steering committee needs to present a report to the committee, which discusses and may accept any recommendations. The invitation extended to Mr. Lord, or to Statistics Canada, today, for that matter, is not really in order because the committee did not agree to proceed in this fashion.
I don't agree with the current process whereby the steering committee decides upon future business and determines who the witnesses will be. The committee must discuss such matters.