Mr. Guimond, I am always impressed by the Clerk's ability to answer questions about technology. I congratulate her.
You are right. There was only one network crash. On that day, we lost contact with the House towards the end of question period. While resolving the problem there was another short disruption at about 7 p.m., at the end of the day. It was actually a mechanical problem.
As for what happened in April, everyone has read in the newspapers about the Conficker worm, which originated in Taiwan and resulted in sites being bombarded by millions of e-mails. During the same time in April, the seal hunt opened. In less than 48 hours, we received almost one million e-mails to be distributed to MPs.
We must always ensure that we provide service to MPs. We place these messages in quarantine and then deliver them intermittently. Some may have felt that service was slower and not the best, but I can assure you that everything has returned to normal.
With regard to infrastructure, important upgrades have been made to the e-mail system, especially with regard to firewalls. Many technological changes have been implemented. I am pleased with the results we see today.