Thank you very much, Mr. Fitzpatrick.
That concludes round one. Before I go to round two, I have a couple of questions. I'm going to use the chair's prerogative here and ask Mr. Wouters a question on the protocol we're developing on the appearance of accounting officers before this committee.
As you know, we've had Dr. Frank here. We've discussed it for about four months. We've had feedback from many organizations and parties around Ottawa. The steering committee dealt with it on Monday and instructed this committee to put it to a motion on March 19, which won't happen because of the federal budget, but it will be shortly after that.
One organization we haven't heard from is the Treasury Board Secretariat. As chair, can I construe your silence as agreement to what is in the protocol?