Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to go back to Mr. Mayrand and to pick up where we left off earlier. In his testimony in English, he very clearly suggested to us that he wasn't satisfied with the timing—for a lack of a better word—or with the moment selected by the Commissioner to conduct the search, that moment being the day before the civil proceeding that is his responsibility as Chief Electoral Officer, whereas the Commissioner is responsible for the criminal aspect.
Earlier I asked Mr. Mayrand whether he found that inappropriate and whether he thought the Commissioner had failed to grasp the importance of maintaining not only Elections Canada's objectivity, but also its image of objectivity. I was somewhat surprised by the answer I got. He told me that what the Commissioner is supposed to do is to enforce the act equally for everyone. Those comments cannot both be true. Mr. Mayrand cannot, on the one hand, tell us in English that he found that inappropriate and, in French, take refuge behind a supposed neutrality, whereas only one search was conducted, against one single political party, which is the Conservative Party of Canada.
I'm asking the question again in French. Since he himself questioned the Commissioner's choice at the moment, can he tell us that he found that choice inappropriate? Can he tell us that he, our federal Chief Electoral Officer, disagreed on the moment chosen by the Commissioner to conduct the search of the Conservative Party's offices?