Yes, it happened afterwards, but that was not necessarily the only issue involved. What happened is that Ms. Barbara George, who appeared before the committee, established a policy, that is, she approved an RCMP policy dealing with potential conflict of interest situations involving staff relations representatives.
At the time, I was the treasurer of the Association des membres de la Police Montée du Québec, which is an independent association of members from Quebec; it is a bit like an accredited professional association or one which is seeking accreditation.
Following the implementation of this policy, which dealt specifically with persons occupying the position of chair, vice-chair, outgoing chair, treasurer, secretary, director or sergeant-at-arms of an association outside of the internal system of divisional representatives, this person, who is sitting at the back of the room, had the right to reject the candidacy of any person under the policy established or approved by Ms. George.