My point being, here we have the Comptroller General of Canada, a professional accountant like yourself, in charge of the books of the Government of Canada, overruled by...I'll say by another deputy minister who felt they had the capacity to pull rank on him and said legal opinions trump professional accounting opinions when it comes to accounting. It didn't come to light except, thankfully, you brought it to light. What better way...? The Treasury Board has to be faulted here, in my opinion, for not blowing the whistle on this.
On October 31st, 2006. See this statement in context.