I think the important thing to remember is that, over this time period, three different people served in the role of deputy minister of that department. The reference that I made in my opening statement was to the briefing that the executives made to the deputy minister who was in place at the time of the decision to launch. That would not have been the same person who was in the deputy minister's chair in these earlier decisions.
On May 31st, 2018. See this statement in context.