Public Accounts committee  None whatsoever.

Public Accounts committee  And the chair of my audit committee can confirm this, because he's the one who I approached, saying, I think it's time that I move on and I'd like to have another position.

Public Accounts committee  In fact, I'd like to make a correction, because it was not after I was approached that the Auditor General started to look at my office. My office had been looked at for two years. And in fact the Auditor General has had contact with the Privy Council Office throughout this process.

Public Accounts committee  In fact, along the way I never knew what the issues were and what the allegations were.

Public Accounts committee  I was worried because my staff were being called just about every week; there were requests for weekends. They looked at every financial aspect. They used every aspect. Quite frankly, they--

Public Accounts committee  Well, it's not, if it's not in conformity with due process.

Public Accounts committee  With regard to the observations made by the Auditor General, I basically disagree with them. I have never seen the least analysis or the least detail. These people reviewed 120 files and they kept 86 of them. During my interview, they referred to 7 or 8 of them, and then they kept 4.

Public Accounts committee  I do not know what you are talking about, madam. I have no idea.

Public Accounts committee  At the time, it was someone called Bruce Harris.

Public Accounts committee  Someone I do not know.

Public Accounts committee  All right.

Public Accounts committee  First of all, I was not the one who negotiated it. The Privy Council Office insisted that it had to be done through third parties, people such as lawyers. I did not have—

Public Accounts committee  He was my lawyer, Bruce Carr-Harris. Bruce Carr-Harris, to be more specific, madam.

Public Accounts committee  No, not Mr. Whitehall. Mr. Whitehall was my legal counsel during the Auditor General's auditing procedures. Mr. Bruce Carr-Harris negotiated this agreement with a government attorney, whom I do not know.

Public Accounts committee  I was not aware of this comment. I believe, if I take the example of colleagues who might have known similar or identical situations, that we do not necessarily get any support in this case. I had done my work. I received a non-negotiable offer and I accepted it.