No, she never appeared before this committee, but these are statements by Ms. Heafey, who was the chair of the RCMP public complaints commission.
Let me finish, because this is important.
The second conclusion, if we are to accept it—and I find it extremely hard to accept the second possibility—is that you were in the dark and you knew nothing, that as head of the RCMP you were so out of touch with your organization that you had no idea what was going on and you weren't asking questions in that period of time.
Both conclusions are unacceptable. Frankly, to be honest with you, one way or the other, you either misled the committee or you did not tell the truth before this committee.
The question is really no longer whether or not you should be fired, Mr. Zaccardelli. In my opinion, it's not. That has been made clear today. The question is why the government, Minister Day, and Prime Minister Harper went to such extraordinary lengths to protect you.
In the ten days intervening between September 18, when the O'Connor report was released, and September 28, I want to know what happened. What meetings took place? What discussions occurred?
This is what I want to get to, because I don't understand. When we had Minister Day before this committee, he said that he and the Prime Minister stood 100% behind you. We reserved judgment. We waited, we listened, and we said let's make sure we get everything in front of us. They didn't. Despite all the contradictions, despite all of the problems, and despite every reason in the universe to at least take a pause and ask some questions, they asked none. It was left to us on this side, all of the opposition parties, to ask questions.
Let me go to that intervening period of time. When you appeared before this committee at the time I'm referring to...can you tell us if you met with Minister Day between September 18 and September 28? If so, what was the content of the meeting? What was discussed? Was there any discussion on a communication strategy for how to deal with it?