I appreciate the comment by my colleague. I had the lowest travel among all B.C. MPs, and it was a lot of work to do that. I flew economy, and I was really frugal in looking for the cheapest flights possible to save taxpayer money. We are accountable.
I do believe, though, that we need to start somewhere at this committee. We don't have to go straight to the Governor General. Let's find out from DND and her staff, first, who makes the decisions. We can ask that. What oversight does the Governor General have for her travel, office and decision-making when it relates to DND making decisions like this? I believe that would be the right place to start.
Mr. Doherty, I know you're shaking your head, but I am actually not afraid to go there. I'm just saying that I think that starting at the beginning and having someone from her office attend and someone from DND.... I think you can appreciate this, too, Ms. Vignola. Getting some understanding of what the procedures and protocols are, and what kind of oversight exists, I think that would be something basic we could start with. I'm not saying we don't need to expand it, but let's start with ensuring we get the right information.
I still believe DND could have provided all of that. That would have been the right place to go, since they're the ones with authority for all of the catering and planning around those flights. They're under oath. They're not going to lie to us. We can get DND to committee and they're going to explain the process and how the process works. We can then continue to invite witnesses. Nothing precludes us, on this committee, demanding we go further into an investigation into something like this.