Minister, it's your contention, then, that there was no directive from your department that they could not. I know there is a directive in existence, of course, put out by the chaplain general of the Canadian Armed Forces, that indicates that prayers are not to be read by chaplains at those types of ceremonies.
Is it your contention that Veterans Affairs is not bound by that directive and did not make any direction to the chaplains that they couldn't pray, and that the chaplains themselves chose not to? Is that your contention?