Upon my commencement in September 2007, then chair Mr. Tinsley and I decided that I would not start my duties as a part-time member in a formal sense until I retired from the police service on February 29, 2008.
That was when I actually started. Certainly during that in-between period I was able to do a fair amount of research and gather information on the mandate of the organization, on what it was all about, and on what the duties were, and to do a significant amount of reading and understanding. I was forwarded many documents relative to past investigations and the types of activities, and when I started I was able to assist with investigations on a part-time basis.
My role as a part-time member was much different from my role as the acting chair starting in December 2009. At that time I was not involved in any of the investigations relative to the Afghanistan issues, the public interest hearings, or any of the development of reports or annual reports or anything to do with that. In fact, I was strictly assisting in investigations by responding and signing off for acceptance and doing the final report on the investigations.