Mr. Chair, thank you very much for the question.
I think we need to put a little bit of context around yesterday's reports. Very succinctly, I'll try to give you the context.
In November 2013, we were advised that the Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner had initiated an investigation on our air services branch. On October 31 of this year, we were provided with a draft copy of the report. In the interim, we provided full collaboration to the integrity commissioner and his personnel, in order for them to be able to conduct the investigation.
I think what was lost in some of the reporting over the last few days is the fact that prior to the initiation of the investigation by the integrity commissioner in August 2013, the RCMP had approached Transport Canada with concerns, and had made a request for them to have a look at air services, including our office here in Ottawa, and for a review, a study of practices there. We worked with them to develop a plan.
By the time the draft report was received, we had already implemented the plan to address the issues, with the help of Transport Canada, .