My last question, then, Mr. Chair.
Guy Giorno, the Prime Minister's chief of staff, appeared before this committee and was asked about instructions from the issues management branch no fewer than nine times, and at no point did Mr. Giorno state that exempt staff were to be vigilant requesting ATIP requests. He did say “political staff...are not told to do anything related to an access to information request”.
It therefore appears that your statements to this committee and those of Mr. Giorno place you and the chief of staff to the Prime Minister in contradictory positions. Can you square that circle for us?