He said nothing. Okay.
Now, you're a deputy minister, and again I'm reading from the letter from Mr. Pigeon to you, continuing: “I was asked to examine from a legal point of view”—not an accounting point of view—“and to come to a conclusion before noon the next day on the question as to what are the amounts that need to be recorded as a charge against the appropriation available...”.
Now, as a lawyer and as the deputy minister, I am led to believe there were no written instructions given to the Department of Justice to request a legal opinion.