Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I do want to commend the Auditor General. I know this whole issue puts you in a very delicate position. You have to choose your words very carefully, and I think you've done a terrific job of handling this. Even in the report you gave today, I think you sort of indicate some of the steps you've taken to ensure there is security in your operations. But I realize you can't really go much further than that without maybe even jeopardizing your own security in the matter.
On this committee I want to make something clear. When we do come to conclusions and findings when we've studied something, we try to make factual determinations based on evidence. As much as people would have their opinions or want to speculate on matters, that is not evidence. That's not a way to base factual findings. The whole game that's going on here right now is of people speculating as to who might have been responsible for this thing. I want to have evidence and facts to support that kind of determination.
On the point that Mr. Christopherson raised as to who benefits on this matter, I want to make something quite clear. I'm trained as a lawyer, and every experienced trial lawyer or defence lawyer I know coaches witnesses and the accused, or whoever they're representing: if there is something damaging that the other side has on you, it's much better that we manage it and get it out in advance before they bring it out.