Thank you, Chair, and thank you all very much for attending today.
Mr. Kennedy, I had a chance to attend your speech at the National Press Club in May, and I was very impressed. It was very insightful and it was very powerful. I hope the committee tracks along a number of the recommendations that you've made so we can add some oomph to it, because I think the courses you've outlined would be very healthy for all concerned.
Given the fact that Al Capone was ultimately brought down by accountants, and not the G-men, and given the fact that this issue actually saw the light of day through the auditors and then ultimately the public accounts committee, and given the fact that in May 2005 the Deputy Minister of Public Safety wrote to Ron Lewis suggesting that he take his concerns with any aspect of the code of conduct to the CPC, my question to you, sir, would be this. Had Mr. Lewis done that, and I'm not sure whether he did or not, but if he did, what would have happened?
Also, I note that you mention that you don't have a lot of the powers that other review bodies do. You don't have the right to subpoena, you don't have the right to put people under oath. You were tied much the same as Mr. Brown was in terms of not having those tools.
So the first question would be, if he'd come to you under the current circumstances, where would we be today? Would it be any different? Would it be any better? Would justice have been more appropriately served?
Secondly, given the number of well-thought-out recommendations you've made, if those changes were in place and Mr. Lewis had come to you with these circumstances, how then could things have unfolded in a way again that would serve everybody involved better?