I think that, from my standpoint, that option is one that I would agree with.
Again, just going back to last week, Mr. Chair—and I think you mentioned this at the onset—this whole situation was precipitated by a misaligned policy, shall we say, on the part of Whole Foods. The fact that they actually doubled down on it is what caused great concerns among not just us as parliamentarians but Canadians right across the country. That was in the second release they issued that morning. Then, later on, they came out and saw the ills of their way, shall we say.
They've said very clearly—as you said at the onset—that the policy has changed. There's their contribution to the Legion poppy fund. We now have legislation that's going to be introduced in the Ontario legislature, at least, that's going to address this issue going forward.
To use the hammer, if you will, of a parliamentary subpoena for a company that has clearly stepped back and seen how wrong its policy was.... A step back, I think, first and foremost, is good news in terms of the respect it shows our veterans. To go that far with the hammer, as you say, to compel Mr. Mackey to come....
We knew this was a possibility. I think it was Mr. Fillmore who brought it up, or it could have been Mr. Casey: What if they come out and correct the policy? I made a direct plea to Whole Foods and Mr. Mackey to change the policy that day, and they did, probably not as a result of what I said but because of the firestorm that was going on across the country.
We'll have to deal with it as it comes, but out of courtesy, provide him with some other dates. Then, if the dates aren't amenable, we'll have to deal with it then, Mr. Chair.