In terms of the immediate actions, initially the incident, as the deputy explained, was treated as a case of a missing asset—something to be found—with the belief that it was on the premises, still in the building.
As that set of searches became less likely, it pointed to a lower likelihood of the drive being found. Corporate security and the regional security officers were advised, which is the standard protocol. They began, then, a series of professional searches for the drive, and interviews were continued through the month of December into early January, when the likelihood of recovery of the asset seemed to be very low. At that point we launched a formal investigation that entailed professional investigators and we took the steps to begin to inform Canadians in early January.