Granted, Minister, and I understand. You come up with no theories as to why she may have used those words and you don't want to engage in that—fine.
Those quotes were wrapped around a series of complaints to her subordinates based on how the RCMP was communicating with the public. There was a second quote in the middle of those two words where she states:
...does anybody realize what's happening in the world of handguns and guns? The fact that they're in the middle of trying to get legislation going, the fact that legislation is supposed to actually help police, and the fact that very little information I asked to be put in the speaking notes...could not be accommodated.
We have the reference to a “request” from the minister's office. We have the complaint about what this is tied to.
Minister, do you not see how this committee could not infer from these comments that the “request” from your office, as she's referring to, is not tied to the creating of a public narrative coming up with the OIC that was announced on May 1, 2020. How can we not infer that?