—resign her position when she had four years left on a seven-year mandate. The government was of the view that it was in the public interest at that time, when Madame Ouimet approached the government to resign, to negotiate an appropriate package that would allow the office to be able to move forward with an interim commissioner to address the issues. Basically, that was the view: that this is what would be necessary in order to arrive at an agreement.
On March 8th, 2011. See this statement in context.