With respect to the national security adviser, absolutely. That is one of the most senior positions in the public service of Canada. That is a position that interacts regularly with the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister's senior staff. It was fairly typical for me as chief of staff to the Prime Minister to speak to the national security adviser daily, and sometimes multiple times a day. That was an individual who, in this particular process, was operationally the lead of the ad hoc committee and responsible for guiding that process and interacting with the Department of National Defence and with the Canadian Armed Forces.
With respect to the member's questions about the national investigation service, obviously the Prime Minister's Office is not an investigative body. I did not have direct interaction with the NIS or the Canadian Armed Forces or the department on the matter. I was briefed by the Privy Council primarily via the national security adviser.