I phoned the Treasury Board and I gave them the circumstances. I asked if I could take away this man's livelihood. I indicated that there were no criminal charges, but that there was a lot of noise at the time and things would be investigated. The answer was that I was well within my rights to send him home with pay until such time as there would be charges or it looked like we were about to lay charges. That did happen later on.
At this point, Mr. Crupi refused to accept it because he was on ODS, off-duty sick. Shortly thereafter, he resigned.