Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister Blair, for appearing before our committee again.
Again, I think the big reason why this committee is meeting today is the appearance of that word “request” twice in the transcript of the recording.
First, the commissioner referred to “a request that [she] got from the minister's office.” Secondly, she complained of “not being able to come through for the minister on the simplest of requests”.
This recording and its transcript has been public for a little while. We're really trying to drill down to the meaning of that word “request”.
Sir, I don't doubt for a second that your office has been talking about this transcript and what it means. Have you come to any conclusion through conversations with your office—your staff or your chief of staff—as to what on earth the commissioner is referring to when she states this twice during a recorded phone call to her subordinates?