Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, Minister, for appearing before us this morning.
Minister, you told us earlier that you had asked Ms. Keen if she had some way of preventing problems, whereas in reality, you threatened her with dismissal for having failed in her duty, and criticized her for not having caved in to your ministerial directive in this matter.
The commission is a quasi-judicial body and is thus independent. Your Prime Minister has indeed set the rules: a minister has no orders to give to that organization. What is at issue here is the independence of administrative tribunals.
Mr. Minister, I would like to hear some brief answers from you to some brief questions.
You sent a letter to Ms. Keen dated December 27, 2007. You are entirely free to work on the day after Boxing Day, but I still find this a tad strange. When did you draft this letter dated December 27?