No, Minister, I think you are missing the point. The question is not whether Treasury Board had a role.
Mr. Wouters said--and it was made very clear to this committee--that you as minister and that department did not have responsibility for dealing with efficacy, and that your whole issue that it was a bad project was not a Treasury Board decision. That was a Transport decision.
I'm asking you very specifically who advised you on this project before you made these public proclamations. You had four days--600 pages--before you made an announcement that had a major impact on a municipal election. Who advised you? What advice did you get? If it was not your deputy minister and his officials, who advised you?