Mr. Chairman, I do not accept part of the premise of the questions that were asked.
With respect to the first question, the RCMP has never misled Canadian authorities relative to this matter. Absolutely not. When I became aware of the fact that there was erroneous information, attempts were made to speak with one voice. Discussions did take place relative to that between officials in Canada. A number of discussions took place. My officials were involved in those discussions. On one particular point, both the RCMP and CSIS did not agree with the position that was being advanced.
I accept Justice O'Connor's position that as Canadian officials and agencies we could have done better. I accept that. I was never personally called to a discussion or a meeting where I was asked to give input to or to discuss this issue. It was never raised to my level, but I knew about it and my officials were involved in those discussions.
In terms of the last point, as I said, we corrected that information with the American authorities. We also let the Canadian officials know. When we were asked for the timelines and when this matter became very public, we provided the best information we had to PCO and others, in terms of what our involvement was.