Mr. Chair, I think it's important the members realize that the department itself does not have the authority to do this, that it's Treasury Board, and that the department was seeking that authority for over a year before it got it. So I think we should be fair to the deputy, and you might want to ask the Treasury Board Secretariat representatives a few questions about what they're doing on foreign service directives.
On April 15th, 2008. See this statement in context.