Let me be clear up front: I had no association with Mr. Harper. I was a public servant, and I served him as loyally as I served Mr. Chrétien and as I tried to serve Mr. Trudeau.
I happened to be in a job that involved the appointment of Vance, and that was the end of it. I was involved in coordinating a number of candidates who were ultimately considered for the job of CDS, along with a number of others. We looked into them and interviewed them, but I would point out that appointments by the Governor in Council at that level don't involve investigations into individuals' private lives. At the time, we had no indication there was a problem with General Vance's life, except in one instance when he was stationed in Naples when I did a bit of an inquiry into what was happening with a lady who subsequently became his wife. That was the extent of the involvement.