Yes, the external review was commenced under our government and did report that spring. That is exactly the case.
Let's be very clear about what information was available to us at the time.
In March 2015, we were aware of the matter of how the general met his future wife at NATO. I've spoken to that. Second, we were aware of a rumour that we ask officials to investigate. That was the only information at the time.
What I don't mind saying to the member is that, obviously, looking back on this six years later, a range of very disturbing allegations have been made. When one makes an appointment to a position as senior as the chief of the defence staff, the head of the Canadian Armed Forces, one of the most historic and storied military institutions in the world, one is expecting that individual to uphold the proud record of that institution and leave it in a better place than he or she found it. Unfortunately, clearly, that has not been the case.