To the best of my knowledge, Mr. Chair, there were no discussions. I received an initial phone call from the minister expressing an interest in reviewing this thing. I've asked for a letter.
There's something missing, by the way, in the English translation of the documentation that's before you. The letter was sent to me on April 22, and the date that the department received it is missing. If you go to the French text, you will see that the department only received it on the 23rd.
Where there is a bar code, if there is one on the letter.... The one I have has a bar code, “PWGSC”, and a date beside the bar code. That bar code indicates that my department only received it on the 23rd. The month after, I was no longer there. So even if the minister had wanted to make further representation--I am not saying whether that was good or bad--he wouldn't have had time to do it anyway, because I wasn't there.