Madam Chair, when it comes to any type of allegation, it has to be handled appropriately. This is one of the reasons I took it extremely seriously and immediately said, sorry, there is no confidentiality when you're talking about a chief of the defence staff; it has to be reported to the appropriate authorities. In this case here, that's the agency that's responsible for Governor in Council appointments, and it was immediately followed up.
If we don't follow that process.... Just imagine this, for anyone who's done an investigation, if you end up interfering politically in an investigation when somebody has the confidence to come forward, you can undermine that entire investigation if there was any interference. I wanted to make sure that the information was dealt with properly, so that if it turned into a proper investigation and had to go to court, there would be no reason for somebody to say somebody interfered and the person couldn't get a just outcome. That's how seriously I take it.