Thank you very much, Chair.
I want to echo the comments made by my colleagues earlier with respect to the fact that the Auditor General very clearly raised some serious issues in the conduct of the commissioner. I recognize the fact that she suddenly retired, but that's no excuse. She has a clear obligation to respond to that report, particularly around the issue of the fact that there were 228 cases that were brought to her attention and no action was taken. More importantly, she clearly refuted the findings of the Auditor General in the report as well, or she disagreed with the findings as well, so it's important that we get to the bottom of this.
Millions of dollars have been spent and we've done all we can possibly do to deal with this in an appropriate manner without getting disposition. I believe Mr. D'Amours has very clearly indicated that the next step seems to be inevitable, which is that we put forward a motion to summon her to come before the committee. I think it's reasonable in the current context, because we've been very patient. It's been over a month and a half since we made those initial calls, as you alluded to earlier, and then subsequent to that we've written a letter with the intent to ask her to come before committee.
I have no desire to elevate this issue, but unfortunately it seems like we're not left with many choices. Therefore I think it's very important in terms of getting to the bottom of this and addressing some of these legitimate concerns that not only do we summons her, but we do so in a timely manner to make sure she comes before the committee and is able to address these concerns.