One of the sources has to be somebody in government controls—it's the first place to go to. It's troublesome, given that ethics, accountability, transparency, turning government around, and cleaning government up are supposed to be among the top priorities of the new government. If they had any role whatsoever in leaking this, then they are breaking those promises, betraying their pact with the Canadian people in terms of what they said they would do when they got here.
I take this very seriously. It's clear that it's going to hurt one particular party here more than another, and I hope there are other committee members who.... I don't want to turn this into a witch hunt, but with a brand new committee, it's a big issue loaded with politics. If we're serious as a Parliament and the government is serious about doing things differently, then it has to start here. To some degree, tracking down how this happened—or at least letting people know that when you do these things we're going to sic the dogs on you and chase you—is important. Otherwise, things aren't going to change, it's going to be business as usual, and the ethics and accountability that we all want to bring here is not going to be met in the eyes of the Canadian people.
So I hope I could hear from other members from all parties that if somebody has done something he or she shouldn't have in terms of information vis-à-vis the auditor's report, then he or she needs to be held accountable. To not chase that accountability is to betray the promise that was made to the Canadian people.
Thank you, Chair.