I did not know his view personally. I'm not surprised to hear what it was because I knew there was...and I assume some of that was...although I believe the issue was first identified within the Firearms Centre and their financial people. I certainly was not surprised there was an issue, and indeed my goal in this--the reason to hold the meeting--was to make sure we had canvassed whatever options there were. I never assumed that a legal opinion on its own would be the only issue. There might well be other issues, and therefore I wanted to make sure, before any final decisions were taken, that there was an opportunity for those issues to be considered by the senior people around the table.
On June 8th, 2006. See this statement in context.