It boggles my mind, Mr. Gauvin, that you can sit here as the deputy commissioner of the RCMP and admit that whatever you ask they will deliver to you. As a CFO you are responsible for all the financing and all the money in the RCMP budget. You knew that Crupi was messing up and you didn't do anything about it other than supervise him.
Mr. Chairman, the last time I saw this was in the sponsorship scandal, where a middle-level manager could walk into a minister's office, walk into the chief of staff of the Prime Minister's Office, and conduct all kinds of business. Now we have in the RCMP a middle-level manager by the name of Mr. Crupi, who is in essence being protected by the CFO, who doesn't fire him, who doesn't alert Public Works to the fact that this guy is off the rails and in collusion with the CSE.
You do nothing, Mr. Gauvin, to uphold the responsibilities that you have. I think there was a serious dereliction of duty here on your part. What do you say?