Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses for being here today.
As you said, Minister, this is an important issue that you and the entire team are working on. I think it's also the committee's role, beyond what went wrong, to look into this and find a way to improve the situation. Thank you for being here to talk about all this.
First, I would like some clarification from the Treasury Board Secretariat. Minister, you can probably answer as well. It says that the secretariat is responsible for setting the rules, but, as I understand it, it is not responsible for enforcing them afterwards.
Whose responsibility is it to verify or assign security clearances?