Well, first of all, I have never as a minister of government ever directed anyone or authorized anyone to disobey the rules, the very strong, rigorous, appropriate and necessary rules that are in place for the conduct of the business of each of our departments, but when the Auditor General does her very important work in identifying deficiencies in the way that work is being done, it is the responsibility of the minister, in this case, to ensure the departments respond in an appropriate way, as I've already articulated. I won't waste the committee's time by going over it again. We listened very carefully to the auditor's report, and we've taken action in response to the deficiencies she identified, which I think is my responsibility, and I've shared with this committee that we have acted.
On June 6th, 2024. See this statement in context.