Government Operations committee  We have not concluded that there were any deleted emails.

Government Operations committee  December 11 is when I received them. I can't recall exactly which date I would have—

Government Operations committee  Again, one point of clarification, I have no evidence that there has been deletion at this point. We are looking into the matter.

Government Operations committee  I can say that, during our various engagements with the Office of the Auditor General, we have provided them with all of the information that we had available.

Government Operations committee  Again, I'm not sure what you're referencing. I did meet with the OAG—

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  Since our investigations are administrative in nature, we cannot seize people's computers, for instance. So we know we are limited. When we make a copy of an email account, for instance, we copy just what was in it on that day. Emails are retained by the agency or the government for just 30 days.

Government Operations committee  The lack of documentation on the procurement files is something that has been noted. I believe the procurement ombudsman speaks to that as well. I have seen no evidence to date—again I'm speaking generally, not about any specifics—of evidence being withheld from ATIP requests or being actively deleted to keep them from our investigation.

Government Operations committee  You can see the policy on government security, which is something that's open to everyone, and the requirements therein related to the sharing of information when there have been concerns raised. We do engage in a yearly quality assurance process through a third party who comes in to look at our work and gives us recommendations with regard to our investigations and in respect to policy, so that is something we have systemically within—

Government Operations committee  Our investigations are with respect to whether the code of conduct was followed by employees in the course of their duties. The RCMP would be responsible for investigating potential criminality.

Government Operations committee  Yes, we have engaged with the RCMP throughout the investigation to provide them information, as per their lawful request.

Government Operations committee  That's correct.

Government Operations committee  There was no contract with Botler.

Government Operations committee  No, not at all.

Government Operations committee  That's my understanding.