Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I have a couple of observations to start with. The age-old problem of catching the person who is breaking the rules is as old as the hills. Any police department in the country will tell you that's the number one problem in any investigation: to find out who did it.
Naturally, if it's a serious matter, we all expect serious consequences and a deterrent value. Somebody in my group here, a famous person, has referred to the wet noodle treatment on the firearms registry. I believe it even went to the political minister at the time. It violated the Constitution of Canada, specific provisions of the Financial Administration Act, and the rules of Treasury Board, and what did the bureaucrats involved with that whole decision get? To quote my famous colleague, they got the wet noodle treatment. They're free; they're walking around enjoying their freedom without much consequence.
Quite frankly, this 800 Place Victoria thing troubles me to no end. It seems to me a whole slug of rules were either bypassed or violated here. We pretty well know what happened, but what are the consequences? It seems to me that this is a good discussion point, but when we actually do have clear-cut cases of people not obeying the law or the rules, not a whole lot seems to happen.
On the question of leaks too, I just want to put something in perspective and put a timeframe on it. In your term as Auditor General, there have been ten situations of leaks occurring. Do you know how many leaks have occurred in the period of time since January 2006?