Mr. Chair, that's probably more of a question for Global Affairs Canada. It was my choice to go to Deloitte for this review. My view—and I think you would understand this—is that I wanted this review done outside of my department by people who weren't involved in the original decision to assess the technical security requirements. I have to say, I have really good people. I have engineers who are really seized with security. They applied the paradigm of the policies that were in place, and in the public service often policies have the weight of gold. What Deloitte did was to give us a recommendation that would help us break that paradigm. That was their role.
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