Information & Ethics committee  Yes, they were members of Elections Canada, but I should point out that I did review my information during lunch, and it was five.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  I questioned only the senior director of the commissioner's office.

Information & Ethics committee  I questioned only the senior director of the commissioner's office.

Information & Ethics committee  Well, the people who participated in the operation did.

Information & Ethics committee  No.

Information & Ethics committee  I just want to point out that there was never an investigation.

Information & Ethics committee  There were some allegations put out in the media about a possible leak. I constructed, as I went through the process that was followed, the sequence of events, and after doing that exercise, I came to the conclusion that there was no reason to believe that there was any leak coming out of Elections Canada.

Information & Ethics committee  I would be open if there are specifics around the allegations that would cause me to reconsider the review I conducted at the time.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  In all those operations there's always coordination with the RCMP, who were assisting in the operation, and media officials from both organizations were briefed.

Information & Ethics committee  No, that's simply a precaution you take when you carry out these types of operations.

Information & Ethics committee  I will provide an explanation and Mr. Bernier may want to complete it if needed. The commissioner, in the course of his investigation, determined that he needed some additional information that was not readily available, so he put a motion together with the information he had gathered that, in his mind, would warrant the issue of a search warrant.

Information & Ethics committee  At this point, yes.