Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you very much, ladies, for being here this morning.
I find my colleagues' interruption very disturbing. I would have preferred them to interrupt Mr. Kessel when he was here and almost told us we were inept because we dared challenge the section that said there had been changes in terminology at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. He stated that we could not go by one section, although there were several that referred to terminological changes. When I referred to the 2010 AFAI report, he interrupted again to say that there had not been any terminological changes at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, that we were completely mistaken, that there were none, that there had not been any terminological changes, and that things were just as they always were.
I understand, Ms. McInturff, that you have done an in-depth study. Earlier you provided dates and very concrete examples. Could you explain the methodology you used to arrive at these conclusions? I want us to be sure here this morning that what you have shared with us are certainties and not only ideas that you concocted out of thin air. Otherwise, others could tell us later that what you presented was groundless and that these were only things that you had heard. I want to be certain that what you have told us this morning cannot be refuted.