No. In fact they were selected by the Office of the Auditor General, who was undertaking an audit for reasons of her own. Her office approached my office and said that given that these particular agencies also have a lot of personal information on Canadians, we might like to do an audit at the same time, from our point of view. Then we could publish a report jointly or together about what we see from two different points of view. That's how it came about.
On February 23rd, 2009. See this statement in context.