Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Minister, for being here.
I'd like to try to clear up a couple of the misconceptions that I believe have come from Mr. Holland's thing.
I read to you from the last meeting we had on Tuesday of this week the question that I had put to the commissioner, and this always speaks to the issue about the political interference. I think you, Minister, have addressed that. My question to Commissioner Zaccardelli was:
I'd just like to make this perfectly clear. Mr. Holland, you've tried to put on the record that there was political interference.
I would like the commissioner to make it perfectly clear to Mr. Holland, who doesn't understand the word “no”, that what you said was that you did not receive direction.
He seems to be more concerned about a period of time in September than in 2002, when his minister should have been asking the hard questions.
Was there any political interference? Very clearly, so that he understands.
My question to Commissioner Zaccardelli was, did he receive political interference or direction from you? Would you confirm that his answer, which was no, would be the same response from the minister's side?