Thank you very much, Chair, and through you, thank you, Monsieur Therrien, for your presence here today.
I'll continue along the same line of questioning that my colleague Mr. Kurek started with. This is with respect to the role of ministers in providing that oversight and how much of a say they have.
Yesterday we heard some testimony that the use of the technology we're talking about dates back to 2012. This means that either Vic Toews or Steven Blaney was the minister at the time. Do you think the RCMP consulted with either Minister Toews or Minister Blaney before deploying that technology?