Public Safety committee  No.

Public Safety committee  No, I don't. I'm sorry.

Public Safety committee  Well, what I've tried to describe is what is done with regard to background checks, which is one input to prime ministers as they decide on cabinet formation. And it is for this government as it was for previous governments. I certainly didn't mean to suggest, when I said the opposition had not written to me or called me, that they were under an obligation to do so.

Public Safety committee  I can tell you when it came to my attention. I don't know when it came to Mr. Bernier's attention. That presumably will be looked at in the review. I learned some time mid-afternoon on May 26. You're talking about the documents now?

Public Safety committee  That was Monday.

Public Safety committee  My understanding is that it was through Mr. Bernier's office, but I'd qualify that by saying I don't know that. That's part of the review.

Public Safety committee  No.

Public Safety committee  No, I don't. I know that the Department of Foreign Affairs got them some time during the Monday afternoon as well, but I don't know about before that.

Public Safety committee  No.

Public Safety committee  I'm not sure whether that's actually a question. I've tried to explain what we do with regard to background checks. PCO does provide advice on a whole range of things. I have not talked about any of those things today. I don't mean to suggest that what we do with regard to background checks is the only thing PCO does.

Public Safety committee  Would you like me to answer? My expectation is that the review will be completed by the end of July. We obviously are concerned about finishing the review of everything involved with this, and that's the expectation. It will be by the end of July.

Public Safety committee  Well, I'm obviously not speaking for PMO. Look, I've tried very carefully to stay with the actual facts. We had the clearance and we go by background checks; we go by information we get by the agencies qualified to do so. That's not any different with this government from what it was with the government you were a part of, or any government prior to that.

Public Safety committee  I do remember the second point I was going to make, which was, as you recall, that the second round of checks, which included something from the RCMP as well as CSIS and the other checks, had just been completed when that came out. They were completed in early to mid-April. So I had just recently heard from the RCMP.

Public Safety committee  No, I didn't.

Public Safety committee  No.