Mr. Chair, as evidenced by the article in the National Post, our office was not aware of this transaction. While we had the initial conversations with the property branch to gather the initial information provided on June 17, there was certainly an acknowledgement that this transaction would.... There was interest within the associate's office of having a more fulsome understanding of that transaction. As such, the request came from our office to pull together a detailed chronology.
Mr. Chair, it's also quite complex. It was spanning over 10 years. It involved numerous decision points. So, for our office to have a clear understanding of what exactly had happened from start to finish, we requested to have that information put forward to us. Once we had it ready, we relayed that to the minister's office. It just happened to be on July 25.