First of all, in the Canadian context, we are very similar to any new organization attempting to enforce new legislation.
Madam, as a new parliamentary officer, there was no advantage to my not going ahead with the investigations. To the contrary, my reputation as well as my office's reputation—and I was well aware of that, because I had directed investigation teams—was related to our work on the large files. The team that I had set up was not going to botch the work. After only three years, there were 15 investigations. If you get a copy of a letter addressed to the Senate clerk, Mr. O'Brien, you will notice that we were getting ready to table our first investigation reports. I tried to explain—and I am sorry if I was not clear—that we were conducting preliminary investigations, that they were very exhaustive and that they helped us to decide if we could carry on with the following phase of the investigation.