The presumption is in fact that the requests, because each minister is responsible for each of the agencies, technically would flow that way, but practically, our expectation is that each of the heads of agencies and their staff, as appropriate, responding to whatever demands for information that a committee may have, would appear before the committee on a regular basis. There is nothing in the legislation that would preclude that from.... The legislation is very permissive in terms of the committee being able to meet with and talk to whoever they like.
On November 1st, 2016. See this statement in context.