Mr. Chairman, thank you.
With regard to the blueprints and to the actual questions, I reiterate that the process that was followed did identify, as was discussed, all the checks in the box. Subsequent to both the Auditor General's findings and the complete acceptance of all those, a subsequent review was done with the security checklist being examined. That resulted in the decision that the actual shell of the building was not to be classified at that time. Subsequent to the blueprints being found in the garbage, that process has once again been revised, and certainly in hindsight, as the deputy minister has mentioned, we will relook at those criteria in order to determine if additional checks need to be considered.
With regard to the actual threat itself, we take that business, as the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff has said, very seriously. We go through a continuous review to determine whether or not we have risk or exposure to a variety of different threats and that isn't a one-time deal. As a result of this incident--I believe the blueprints were found on March 13--we immediately initiated an internal review of those security measures, not only of the building on site but the unit itself, to determine if there were any present threats that were identified. There have been none at the moment, which doesn't mean to say that abdicates our responsibilities. Rather, we subsequently looked at the renewed process and whether or not we would come to a different conclusion as those processes get changed. I believe, as the deputy minister said, we would likely come to a different conclusion.
What we have done in the interim is look at what we can do to mitigate that risk. I am satisfied that both internally, in my command within the CF, and in the department we have taken all reasonable precautions to ensure that any subsequent threat is of a reasonable nature and that we will be able to continually implement those improvements, as well as continue to review the threats and risks that we face.