Clerk to the Committee:

To be fair to the CPP, new legislation on compellability was introduced in September. Under its terms, guidelines were to be introduced to deal with the situation. We do not wish to rush into compellability before the guidelines appear because we could end up in the courts. That is the reason we are proceeding with caution in terms of our application on the SIPTU officials and Mr. Merrigan. I will speak again to the CPP. My understanding is that the guidelines are being legally tested as we speak and that they will be ready after Christmas. That is what I was told. My concern is that we do not end up offside. That is the only issue that is delaying the matter.