Mr. Mulcair, as I said in English, it is absolutely necessary to have a critical mass to be able to prepare economic analyses, study the financial situation and analyze costs, such as those related to Afghanistan, and review expenditures. You need an experienced team to prepare estimates and cost methodology. In my opinion, I have put together a good team, a strong team. If it is impossible to maintain this team—as I said, there are a number of us on assignment at this point—I believe it would be preferable to close our office rather than continue to pretend we can properly oversee the budget.
On November 3rd, 2009. See this statement in context.