The minister therefore has to do his homework and validate the information. That being said, we can more or less deduce that in 2006, when the initial decision was made, the minister at that time was asleep at the switch. Indeed, he did not really properly validate the information presented to him, nor did he do his job satisfactorily. So, at that time, he was asleep at the switch.
On October 28th, 2010. See this statement in context.