If he said to you, and I guess he did say to you that he disagrees with the Auditor General's report, you took that at face value without conducting any independent investigation on your own.
I often tell my 14-year-old twin daughters, “If you're going to do what friends say you're going to do, are you going to jump off a bridge to do that as well?” Do you ever push back on your business acquaintance or business partner, Mr. Firth?