That's quite an interjection, Mr. McKay. I'll go back and check the record, but I certainly at no time said anything about smearing the reputation of Mr. Lynn. I think I quite correctly and appropriately explained the sequence of events, including Mr. Lynn's termination for cause and the fact that there's no remuneration paid.
So you can try to draw something out of that, or attempt to put words in my mouth, but you're not going to be very successful doing that. What I did say is that it's a very open and blatant attempt by both the NDP and the Liberals to smear the reputations of ACOA employees, and there are very good ACOA employees who do great work for the Government of Canada and the civil service on a daily basis.