Mr. Chairman, first of all, as the Veterans Ombudsman, I don't feel it is my place to comment on the action taken by the minister and the government of the day. That's up to voters to determine whether it's adequate and if, indeed, all of the other departments are squeaky clean and conforming to our privacy laws.
I will say once again that if the Office of the Veterans Ombudsman were legislated and the deputy minister weren't in a position to control the information that my successor will have access to, then there is less likelihood that incidents of this nature will be allowed to take place.