I would like to, Chair.
For the benefit of Mr. Williams and other members of the committee, the subcommittee met today at noon, which we have taken to doing and will continue to do every week while we're continuing these hearings to try to orchestrate all of this.
At that meeting we had Mr. Walsh, the parliamentary law clerk, and his senior assistant Mr. Tardi, who gave us a fulsome presentation, and we had a chance to ask questions. It's not just coincidental that the letter that was just read is being forwarded to the RCMP commissioner.
For what it's worth, we—one of us from each party—collectively have satisfied ourselves that we are in a strong enough position, and for the reasons the chair has outlined and others, our recommendation is that we are clear to go and that we should continue with today's hearings, including hearing Ms. George.