Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. My questions for this round will be directed to Mr. Diotte, executive director, employment relations and total compensation, strategic compensation management, office of the chief human resources officer. That's quite the title, Mr. Diotte.
We have just heard some scathing testimony from the Auditor General about the fencing or corralling—I'd say interference—between her office and the actual bargaining process. She mentioned that she approached the Treasury Board several times for particular aspects of that agreement. Each time it seems that it resulted in the most absolutely catastrophic result, which was a strike, which affected the work of this public accounts committee and the work of Canadians to understand the transparency work that's required from the Auditor General's office. That quality must be controlled.
When I think about that, of course I also think about the conversations I had with the President of the Treasury Board at that time. She actually blamed the Auditor General and said that her hands were tied when it came to that strike, that the Auditor General had no way to control in any way, shape or form the results of that strike, and that the negotiations at the Auditor General's level resulted in it.
Like a canary in a coal mine, Mr. Diotte, workers who are following in the footsteps of what had happened at the Auditor General's office are scared to go into the mine, if you understand the reference. I'll be frank. What was the role of the President of the Treasury Board, Mona Fortier, in the bargaining by the Office of the Auditor General during the recent labour dispute that resulted in a strike?