I appreciate it's uncomfortable for government members to hear what's happening and that their government failed to take action. I understand that it's extremely uncomfortable when there's going to be a whistle-blower who wants to come to the table and talk about how PCO was given this information nearly a year ago and didn't take strong action, didn't protect employees at the organization and didn't appeal for protection for the whistle-blowers. I understand that's uncomfortable.
Getting to the bottom of this is more important than the comfort of members. The lack of understanding was demonstrated by the minister when he came before the committee. He hadn't read the 300-page deck. He claims he wasn't aware of this until the end of September, even though we have his ADM on tape saying that he was made aware of it in the spring and that he was going to be briefed on it in the spring. Then he comes before the committee and says that they took it so seriously that they ordered a forensic audit. No, they didn't. In the forward of the report, the fact-finding exercise that they did order is called just that. It's not a forensic audit. That's why the Auditor General is going to look into it.