Perhaps this is a question that I should address, since the people who were doing the work are in my institute.
I would say that we were under contract to Public Works, not to DND. All the communications with any members of the Department of National Defence first had to be cleared through Public Works.
I would say that we received very good support. As the president mentioned in his opening statement, the experts traveled to Trenton and to Comox, and they interviewed about a dozen people. Also, requests for documents...any references that are listed in the report...we essentially were granted access. So I would say that the collaboration was excellent.