Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Ms. Fraser, for being here.
This is a struggle. There's obviously a conflicting view of some of the things that have transpired in the last 24 hours. As a parliamentarian, I'm struggling to determine what happened, because in essence, at the end of the day, it seems that the country has lost the advocacy of a voice within your office that was able to clearly describe the shortcomings of government and was a strong call to action. Members of this committee and across the entire parliament used that voice effectively.
You've said repeatedly that the work of Madame Gélinas was of good quality. But what I do not understand is that from the testimony you gave yesterday and the very strong impression left—and this is a critical factor—is that Madame Gélinas left of her own free will to pursue other options; what we believe today is that she was terminated. It is very difficult for me to reconcile those two views, and this matter is essential to what we're talking about.