Mr. Chairman, any confidence that I may have exhibited regarding my renewal was certainly not confidence; it was basically that I didn't care at the time. As an army officer, you do the mission and you worry about the consequences later.
I wouldn't begin to speculate on the actual reasons for my dismissal. Suffice it to say that I would challenge the minister's suggestion that, after three years from start-up, it's time to inject new ideas into the Office of the Veterans Ombudsman when we haven't even stabilized the old ideas. It's going to set the office back at least a year.