Mr. Chairman, at the end of the day, the minister is the Minister of Public Safety, and the advice that he would have received from me was on the issue of security. I wasn't advising the minister which was the best site to choose from a foreign affairs point of view or which specific venue could actually be made to look like a meeting site. That was the Senate management office. At the end of the day, my responsibility was looking after the security.
On October 25th, 2010. See this statement in context.