Mr. Chairman, I was just explaining that last week I received a phone call from parliamentary liaison people at Treasury Board Secretariat. At that time I made it very clear to them that this meeting was about the Comptroller General--his role in issues like expenditure management, but particularly with an emphasis on this change in status of deputy ministers that will come after the Federal Accountability Act has been adopted. It was made very clear to them over the phone. I suppose that perhaps information was not conveyed properly to other people at the secretariat.
On November 2nd, 2006. See this statement in context.