Canadian Heritage committee  Of course. We've always done so.

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't know about that. As I said, we received an email and all I saw was an invitation to come and discuss Bill C‑18. We are still transparent and would like to work with you.

Canadian Heritage committee  I know that it's hard to grasp…

Canadian Heritage committee  For people who are not experts in parliamentary procedure…

Canadian Heritage committee  He's our president of global affairs. He leaves to others the task of acknowledging invitations and deciding which of these…

Canadian Heritage committee  For the committee meetings, we were almost not invited the first time. I'm therefore very pleased to see that we still have the opportunity to take part. So we're going to plan for that as soon as possible, Mr. Champoux. As for meetings with government representatives, we did ha

Canadian Heritage committee  No, I didn't say that. What I said was that my advice was confidential.

Canadian Heritage committee  I understand your question. I'd like to say that Mr. Clegg is a very honourable man.

Canadian Heritage committee  I couldn't tell you what he was thinking, but to me, it wasn't at all clear that the motion of March 20 was related to the invitation we had received. It was an email inviting us to appear for the study of Bill C‑18. We were delighted to…

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm not aware.

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, Madam, I don't know that we have an answer for that. Of course, it depends on what the framework for Bill C-18 will ultimately be. We have to understand what is scoped in with Bill C-18 to understand what can and cannot be ultimately on the platform from a news content poin

Canadian Heritage committee  I believe this was his decision.

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, I'm an adviser to our president, so of course I would be part of that decision.

Canadian Heritage committee  As all good advisers will do with a former deputy prime minister, you'll appreciate that we will keep my advice confidential so that I may be fearless in my advice, and he is the decider.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm sorry, but I didn't hear that. Could you repeat it?