As the deputy minister indicated, there's nothing unusual in that for this kind of tragedy, but normally in such cases—I'm talking about the aerial aspect and about the National Search and Rescue Secretariat—we work in close cooperation and communication with the families involved, whether it be in the case of an air crash or another problem of that kind.
In this case, I don't know exactly who decided to delegate the communication to Sûreté du Québec, but it's a more or less normal procedure since the distance was enormous. In addition, this involved a marine situation. We have to delegate the power to communicate on our behalf to a professional organization, such as the local police force.
I don't want to speak for the Coast Guard, but at one point shortly after the incident, it delegated an individual to liaise directly with the family to avoid communication problems. Each case is different, but I assure you that, in every situation, people do their best to be sensitive to an extremely emotional and difficult situation for all participants and all those who are directly affected. It's somewhat sad that the communication was not made as soon as possible, but, prior to that, we had used those people to communicate with families. There was simply an unexpected breakdown, and the people have apologized. It's unfortunate, but that is what happened.