Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for acknowledging that I gave him a copy of the document as soon as it was given to me in Washington last Friday morning, which of course I gladly gave. It was not I, as he knows, who certified the authenticity of the original document.
Under section 34 of the Financial Administration Act, the report was received by a then senior civil servant of the government, who, as he knows, is no longer there. On the strength of that, the document was received by the government and payments were made. Now we have received that additional documentation. Finally, by the end of the day the company has promised to us that it will provide legal attestations--