Mr. Parker referred to the protocols that we have, and I referred earlier to our standard, our approach, to the Privacy Commissioner's office.
As soon as we were aware of the likelihood of this information having gone and being not likely to be recovered, we knew, without any question, that the Office of the Privacy Commissioner needed to be engaged, and that's when we took that action.
It was in the minister's office that involving the RCMP and referring the matter to the RCMP was taken.
In the department, I might just say that we have absolutely no issue with that. That decision was taken on the basis of the seriousness of the situation we are in. It will be, of course, up to the RCMP to determine how they wish to deal with that request.
We will work in the appropriate fashion with the Privacy Commissioner's office for the investigation that they are undertaking and on anything that the RCMP decides to undertake, and on our own internal investigations to ensure transparency and openness and compliance with those investigations, and also to ensure appropriateness of information so that the integrity of any investigations that occur is not compromised.