Foreign Affairs committee  —over and above, until now, it's about $400,000, at least.

Foreign Affairs committee  When I'm talking about the lawyers, I'm talking the main cost of the lawyers, related to the action in court.

Foreign Affairs committee  Right.

Foreign Affairs committee  Right.

Foreign Affairs committee  What I did is I'm giving you all the facts—

Foreign Affairs committee  The SIRCO report was not about that.

Foreign Affairs committee  The SIRCO report is mainly about the dismissal of the three directors.

Foreign Affairs committee  The SIRCO report is about governance issues. The Deloitte report is about government—

Foreign Affairs committee  Let me explain to you what I consider is really our main challenge. We have a core funding of $9 million. In fact, 60% of this amount is going into the field; 40% is on overhead and on activities in Canada. More than going forward, with the increase in cost of living, the increase in the salaries, this amount over the yield will be reduced to a point that our capacity, with only a core funding to conduct our mission, will be substantially reduced.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  I repeat that in no way do I want to attack anyone. I have even insisted that, for exactly the reasons you describe, for human rights reasons, it was essential for me to put an end to a crisis that has harmed a lot of people, both on the board and in the staff. It is a huge crisis.

Foreign Affairs committee  I would just like to say that…

Foreign Affairs committee  It's thousands of dollars. It's $729,0000.

Foreign Affairs committee  There are two things there. The Deloitte report.... The board, as a matter of fact, has closed the office in Geneva. And I agree with that, because I want to do programs in the field. We just hired our first expatriate ever in Afghanistan. That's where I think we have to improve human rights.

Foreign Affairs committee  I sent you a letter on January 14 last. In it, I indicated my interest in being heard by the board. At that time, a debate arose because of two letters, the letter from your chair and the letter that I sent. My position was always to decline. That was debated at the special meeting of the board of directors.