Sir, if I had known this was happening, I would have taken that authority away a lot earlier.
When my people were in there, they were in there to make sure that any contract done within the RCMP was properly done. But a contract with CAC--HR had the full authority to go to CAC. CAC was a recognized agency of the government, and we didn't expect that there was collusion as it was happening.
You know, after the fact it's easy to say, but I don't think Mr. Frizzell knew either.