It's my time, Madam Chair. I can make a statement if I want.
With Admiral McDonald, when the allegations became known, it was three weeks from the time the investigation started until he actually stepped aside, and again it made the news. Admiral McDonald stepped aside so that the chain of command would not be compromised, which compromised the investigation, because we know the national investigation service in the Canadian Forces and the military police report to the provost marshal, who reports to the vice-chief of the defence staff, who goes to the chief of the defence staff.
Over the three years that you knew there were serious allegations, why did you not have a board of inquiry and appoint a military judge to conduct that investigation or ask the CDS, General Vance, to step aside so that we could have a proper internal investigation without any influence coming through the chain of command?