Madame Chair, I find it absolutely incredible. Having been a commissioner myself, although for the provincial government, I find it incredible that the Ethics Commissioner would have actually given an opinion, a legal opinion, when he had not interviewed any of the people who have been involved directly in this decision.
I would bring to the attention of this committee that my colleague across, Mr. James Moore, seems to be very much on the defensive. We're not asking for Mr. Moore or anyone else to prove a point. We're asking the witnesses who are in front of us to explain the process as they saw it, as they lived through it. We're not asking for a defence mechanism. This is not a court of law.
And speaking of courts of law, I would like to go back to the cities and I would like to go back to the process, because it is a process thing, as I understand it.
My question is for Mr. Kirkpatrick or for Mr. Chartrand.
At any point, did the city fail to meet what was required of them in the MOU of May 9, 2005?