In your report, you mentioned that you had spoken to officials from several different departments in order to ascertain how funding levels had been set. You talked about officials. You mentioned several departments, such as Infrastructure Canada, Industry Canada, the Office of the Coordinator for the 2010 Olympics and G8 Security, which reports to the Privy Council Office, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the Summits Management Office, which comes under Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada.
This is what you say in your report: “Senior officials were not able to provide us with any information and said their input had not been sought as part of that process.”
In the document we obtained from the Local Area Leadership Group, which became a major topic of discussion following the NDP's research, it says that Minister Clement informed local mayors that the level of funding would be set by the Prime Minister's Office.
In your opinion, would that explain the fact that none of the departments you questioned was able to explain how the funding level had been set?