Well, I'd like to concur with Mr. Christopherson that this would be terribly unfortunate. Hopefully, these sorts of leaks.... Besides the short-term political gain that they might provide for a particular party, people cannot lose sight of what in fact this does. Especially in this committee, we're very attuned to the fact that maintaining the high regard in which your offices are held is of critical importance if we're to have accountability in government. When leaks occur from departments--they do occur--it's unfortunate. I guess it's the nature of politics sometimes here in Ottawa. But a leak that damages the Office of the Auditor General is something to be treated extremely seriously, and I would hope this committee considers how we should follow up on this, because it really undermines the work of your offices and the work we do in this committee.
On May 11th, 2006. See this statement in context.