The issues management note was sent to Minister Blair directly. Minister Blair, when he appeared before this committee, made the incredible assertion that the director of CSIS had made “an operational decision” not to share the IMU with him despite the fact that it was sent to the minister via the top secret email network and Minister Blair didn't see it because he didn't have the log-in credentials to the top secret email network. Nonetheless, he made the assertion that the director of CSIS had made an operational decision not to inform him.
When Mr. Vigneault, the director of CSIS, appeared before this committee, he flatly said that wasn't so, that he had every intention of the minister seeing that IMU. In fact, Vigneault stated, “I conveyed the information to the Department of Public Safety along with the very specific directive to forward it to the minister.”
Do you recall or are you aware of any operational decision not to inform Minister Blair?