Mr. Chairman, I would like to respond to this question. First, I would like to say that I categorically do not accept anything that has been said by this honourable gentlemen. I totally disagree with that.
The first point I want to make is that while he alleges I shut down a criminal investigation, there never was a first criminal investigation. Remember, as I said in my statement and as I've also testified, I received information from Mr. Lewis. As the commissioner, it was my decision to decide what to do with that information. Based on the information I had, it was my belief that the appropriate step was to conduct an audit.
If you look at some documents from Ms. Revine and Chief Superintendent Macaulay, they actually believed that an audit was the right step.