On September 19, 2003, at 5 o'clock, I met with Barb George, and she confirmed that I was seconded to DND.
Part of my discussion with Ms. George was around how the DGs...and the support that I wasn't getting from the rest of my colleagues around my director general table. Barb made it very clear to me at that time that I was alone. She advised me that I was on an island by myself and that nobody was going to tell the truth.
We had a lengthy conversation on the issues again, and she explained to me how naive I had to be to think that anyone was going to stand beside me in this type of situation and tell the truth.
By the end of the conversation, I realized for the first time that I was alone, and that the rest of the managers were now distancing themselves from me.