The other side obviously felt my first commentary to Mr. Lowery was political. It wasn't. It's a matter that, from this perspective, a committee is required to fundamentally work with due diligence and to take into account the expression of all witnesses and their organizations. We think that's been impeded. The other side has the right to disagree with that.
We have a sector here that employs 150,000 people, with 100,000 volunteers acting on their boards.
One comment I'd like to hear is on the upcoming international cooperative meeting in October. We've been recommending to the committee that they attend, and that it would offer significant information for this committee to consider before they do a report.
Do you think that would be beneficial to the outcome of the report?
That's for either of you or both of you, actually.