What I'd like to say at the outset, Mr. Chair and members of the committee, is what our process was. It's outlined at page 3 of the report, but I want to be clear that this was never a fight between the people on the commission. That is, notwithstanding that Mr. Cherniak was appointed by the judges and Ms. Chambers by the government, this was not a partisan exercise in any way. I was never called on to referee or adjudicate between the two positions advanced by them. The three of us embarked on this exercise totally with a perception that we were operating exclusively in the public interest. We weren't conducting an arbitration. I want that to be clear.
On October 24th, 2006. See this statement in context.