At the time it was Ms. Cochrane, but I'm thinking of the testimony of Mr. Marshall when he described this to the committee. If the deputy had said to me at that time that it was just not possible to meet Mr. Drouin's expectations in an economic way that met the rules of the department, if that had been the advice from the department, then obviously my letter back to Mr. Drouin would have been, “Sorry, can't do it”. But the advice from the department was actually the other way around, saying, yes, it can be done--
On March 6th, 2008. See this statement in context.