Since you had a one-minute question, I'll take a minute to say yes or no. I think Mr. Roy set out that this is an issue of how you interpret a mandate, including, as Mr. Walsh indicated, that there are grey areas in the interpretation of mandates. This is a complex area. We looked at it from the point of view of the experience in other cases, and so did the Auditor General. We actually had a dialogue on it and we thought we should be transparent with the committee about that discussion between us. I think that's how we arrived at it, through the experience over a period of time.
On June 11th, 2009. See this statement in context.