First of all, keep in mind that when I became minister there had already been an internal audit, and the management plan had already been put in place to deal with the aspects of irregularity that had been identified through the audit. I think the Auditor General basically said the management plan was appropriate, and it has been acted on. At this point, I don't know whether or not all the matters identified in that management plan have been concluded. In fact, when I left and the government left, the processes that we are discussing here were still in play. As I've said before, you have to let the processes play out so that you find out what happened, who was responsible, and what action should be taken.
It's why there was therefore a criminal investigation. There were internal investigations following that. Unfortunately, after we left government, we learned from the Federal Court that the legal interpretation that had been placed on the limitation period by the RCMP and others was not ultimately found to be correct by the Federal Court.
You let the process evolve. When things happen that shouldn't happen, you hope that you have the processes in place and the managers in place to deal with them fairly and in a timely fashion. I believe the processes continue. You are part of that process, and Mr. Brown is part of that process. At the end of this process, I hope we will know who did what, when, and why. If there were gaps, such as letting the limitation period expire, then those are things that have to be fixed for the future.