It seems to me that some who are attacking ministerial accountability, both in this issue and in today's hearings, want to separate the minister from her ability to be responsible for the information that comes out of her department. If, therefore... I can tell you something: if that department had released information that was false, possibly unintentionally, we'd be having hearings right now as to why the minister allowed false information to come out of her office, out of her department, wouldn't we?
On May 13th, 2010. See this statement in context.