Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Human Resources Development has told the House repeatedly, and again today, that she was not made aware of the problems in her department until November 17, 1999, although she was sworn in on August 3 of that year.
Would the minister have us believe that, when she first took up her duties, she did not receive this kind of briefing from her deputy minister? Did nobody warn her about what was going on in her department? Was there never any mention of the final report of October 5 before November 17? Is that really what the minister would have us believe?