Public Accounts committee  No, it had nothing to do with sponsorship. It was money that had been used, through various means, for charity purposes.

Public Accounts committee  Well, hindsight is 20/20.

Public Accounts committee  No, I don't think so. I think I did my job and I did it well.

Public Accounts committee  I've explained it to you.

Public Accounts committee  It was an HR issue, he reported through HR, and there were four levels of supervision.

Public Accounts committee  So basically what you're saying is that you want me, as the CFO, to manage everybody in the organization. If I--

Public Accounts committee  Yes, I have remitted, and I've got at least six other people who have, and there are other letters still outstanding that they're remitting. That money is being credited to the pension fund.

Public Accounts committee  I'm glad you gave me the opportunity. First of all, that request was outstanding for a long time. There is really nothing that we can do to stop the release of the commissioner's—

Public Accounts committee  No, I did not try to stop it. You said that, and other people have said that.

Public Accounts committee  I've written to Mr. Picard, and that was not truthful. What we tried to do—

Public Accounts committee  And what happened—

Public Accounts committee  Could I reply to that?

Public Accounts committee  May I say something? What I saw is a memo Mr. Picard had written to the commissioner saying that I didn't want this released. That was not true, and I wrote him back right away and I said that if he was using my name in there, at least he could have given me a copy. But he didn'

Public Accounts committee  When we took his authority away, it probably was verbal.

Public Accounts committee  He couldn't contract anymore.