Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I was recently in Mali—and I mentioned this yesterday to the Auditor General. We were there as a delegation of Canadian parliamentarians supporting democratic development in countries such as Benin, Burkina Faso, and Mali. Of course, as the Auditor General knows, Mali has actually adopted our concept of an auditor general and they're developing that in their own country.
My point in saying that is how proud I am of the fact that this institution, which in my view has been even-handed and very important in holding governments to account, including the one that I was part of.... Canadians have great pride in that institution. It's very important that we recognize that to start off with, and we all admire that.
I want to come back for a second, because I think Canadians may want to understand a little better what's going on and what happened yesterday. I had the impression from our meeting yesterday that Madame Gélinas was leaving voluntarily. Maybe that wasn't the impression that was intended to be given, but that was the impression I got—it's my mistake, perhaps—but then it seems that she didn't go voluntarily. I guess the question is, and I don't know if you can answer it or not, can you tell us whether she was in fact dismissed?