You've made it your personal mission, Minister, yet when the ombudsperson came to you and tried to bring something forward, you refused to hear him. You've repeatedly stated that no political officer had a place in these investigations, so you refused to hear it. You say that you reported it to the appropriate authorities, but upon not receiving the information they demanded—which I would argue is inappropriate, because they could have done it without names and they could have continued to do an investigation—they also dropped it; they left out that responsibility. At whatever point, whose responsibility is it? I'm asking, after you had sent it to the PCO, did you follow up with them, this so-called appropriate authority?
On March 23rd, 2021. See this statement in context.