Thank you very much to all the witnesses for being here. Thank you very much, Ms. McLellan, for being here.
You were the minister responsible for the RCMP when this matter unfolded. As such, in our system of ministerial responsibility, you're the one who's accountable in this place, the House of Commons, for what occurs under your watch.
In the House of Commons, I'll reiterate a quote that you uttered when you were asked by Kevin Sorenson of Crowfoot. He asked:
Are the Ottawa police investigating the commissioner's conduct as well as the misappropriation of funds?
Your response was:
Mr. Speaker, let me reassure everyone in the House that there is no conduct on the part of the commissioner that needs to be investigated.
You said that before the investigation got under way. There was a statement by a minister about a police investigation into your own agency before the investigation got under way.
Do you still believe, given all that we've heard, that there is no conduct on the part of Commissioner Zaccardelli that needed to be investigated?