Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the commissioner and deputy commissioner for joining our committee today and helping walk us through the series of events from April 2020.
Commissioner, you stated that in your mind it wasn't a promise but a confirmation and that the information would be released at the press conference.
I know that there was a lot of pressure. There was a lot of pressure from the public. There was a lot of pressure from the federal government in trying to get this kind of information.
I guess for some people, when they see the Minister of Public Safety asking you, as commissioner of the RCMP, whether or not the information on the firearms would be released at a press conference, because of the very nature of the relationship that the minister has with the commissioner of the RCMP, some people might perceive that to be undue influence in the very posing of the question.
Do you see how that could be perceived by some members of the public?