Mr. Chairman, this did not take place at the beginning. During the briefing sessions, everything was going very fast. It was mainly about the operation of the department and the programs we had to know about as quickly as possible. As I mentioned at the outset, I found out that we had to move when the deputy minister told me so during a weekly meeting with my chief of staff. That's when I said fine, that we were moving. However, he mentioned the irritants that Mr. Christopherson referred to. At that point, I started to intervene.
On April 3rd, 2008. See this statement in context.