Finance committee  I would just add that any stakeholder can decide to approach the Department of Finance. We would be very happy to sit with them and hear what they have to tell us. We don't need a formal consultation process to do that. We do that all the time. We never say no to a meeting with s

Finance committee  It's very difficult to say. It's an ongoing and iterative process that the Department of Finance has with the minister's office and the minister in terms of briefings and reacting to events, so....

Finance committee  Do you mean with respect to the decision to issue the July 19 news release?

Finance committee  I can't answer. I actually—

Finance committee  I don't know. As I said, it's an ongoing process.

Finance committee  I would say that these decisions are made by the government and implicitly the cabinet—the cabinet with respect to tax-related matters. It can be the Prime Minister with the Minister of Finance along with other ministers, depending on, potentially, the nature of the issue. It's a

Finance committee  I believe our answer to this question would be the same, Mr. Chair.

Finance committee  The June 30 news release clearly states—

Finance committee  —it is a government decision. It was announced by the government. At that time, the Government of Canada proposed to introduce legislative changes in Parliament that would apply as of—

Finance committee  Obviously, the Department of Finance could not have made a decision without the government's approval. Accordingly, it was a decision made by the government.

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, it seems the member is trying to put words in our mouths. What we want to explain is that a process is in place for any government decision. It is not for us to reveal which member of Parliament made the decision. It was a decision made by the government. We provide a

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I believe the first part of the question was about why it took 20 days for the second news release to come out. I'm not sure I have an answer to that. All I can say, again, is that throughout the process, as we normally do, we continued to brief the ministe

Finance committee  I don't have much to add to Mr. McGowan's statement. I think that's it. As long as it's internal work, we could focus on analyzing submissions that we may continue to get during that period. The question would be after that. If there was a need to reach out, we would need to be m

Finance committee  No, Mr. Chair, I think I'm fine.

Finance committee  Yes, if I may, Mr. Chair. Thank you. I think I would like to maybe go back to the nature of the announcement to understand the process here.