Looking back at this entire situation, however, knowing that you specifically asked your assistant deputy minister to be that liaison, and knowing that it's not about interfering from the top down but in fact providing information from the bottom or from this organization up to you through that liaison agreement, are you not concerned, looking back now at what happened, that this was not occurring and that the information was not being shared upward—not interference downward, but information being shared upward?
On November 18th, 2024. See this statement in context.