Public Safety committee  To this date, I have not been informed. I don't know for a fact what's in the newspapers; I know the allegations that are in the newspapers.

Public Safety committee  The difficulty I'm having with the question is that you are premising that all of that is fact, and I don't know if it's fact. I've tried to be helpful about what we do know and the process we use to find out. I can say, if you're asking whether there's somebody other than me—

Public Safety committee  No, I heard Assistant Commissioner Souccar's testimony—but no one else.

Public Safety committee  Well, to this date, I've heard Assistant Commissioner Souccar. That's all.

Public Safety committee  And I don't know yet what he meant by that, nor would it be appropriate for me to know. I'm not blaming him for not telling me, because they don't tell me about all criminal investigations, or any other investigation.

Public Safety committee  I will try. Not all questions are answerable by a yes or no, but I will try.

Public Safety committee  No, no, I meant that sometimes a yes or no answer is not sufficient, but I will try.

Public Safety committee  At the present time? No.

Public Safety committee  No.

Public Safety committee  I think I answered that.

Public Safety committee  I'm not sure I followed all of that, Mr. MacKenzie, but I'll repeat: PCO has never at any time been provided by the RCMP with any security concerns related to Mr. Bernier or his relationship with Madame Couillard, so by implication, we could not have gone to the Prime Minister with that.

Public Safety committee  I've tried very hard to stay with what the facts are related to this—

Public Safety committee  —and that's what I did set out in my opening statement. But of course processes can always be changed.

Public Safety committee  That's right. Our role is an advisory role, not an investigative role.

Public Safety committee  I've tried very hard to stick to just what facts I know and the processes that are in place, and not to speculate. I'm not sure whether that answers your question, but that's what I've tried hard to do.