Thank you very much, and thank you, Monsieur Mayrand and your officials, for being here.
I have a number of questions and we have a couple of hours, so hopefully we'll be able to get all of them in that timeline.
If I can, I want to start with a little update, if possible, if you can provide it, of the ongoing robocall investigation. I understand since the investigation is still ongoing there's probably very little you can tell us in terms of the details you have uncovered so far, but I can assure you our party, probably more than any other, would like to see a speedy resolve to this. As you know, many of the opposition have been accusing our party of being the ones who perpetrated the voter suppression phone calls of the infamous Pierre Poutine investigation. We did not. We've stated that categorically. I will do so again. We believe in getting out the vote, not voter suppression, but of course until such time as the investigation is completed, it is very difficult for us to prove we had nothing to do with that. Justice delayed is justice denied.
So even though I know you won't be able to provide much in terms of actual information as to what you have uncovered, I do have a few questions that hopefully will assist us in knowing what to expect once the investigation has been completed.
First, after the investigation has been completed and either a report or a recommendation based on the investigation has been submitted, who actually makes the decision whether or not charges will be laid? Would that be your office, or would that be the Commissioner of Canada Elections' office?