Public Accounts committee  It came. It's been four years. There was a sick leave absence, and then I came back to work. Then, as others have, I've been consumed with the file. It's a very big and complicated file. I maintain the other job now through home, and I have a big family, so eventually it takes its toll.

Public Accounts committee  I received that on April 22, 2004.

Public Accounts committee  Immediately, basically no management meetings. She took the work away and told me to focus on finding a job.

Public Accounts committee  No adjustment.

Public Accounts committee  It's not correct. I have a copy of an e-mail Ms. Burton sent to me the same day she told me I no longer had a job. This e-mail reads, in part, as follows: Denise, you'll recall our discussions when I first arrived as the acting A/DG ORE, when you explained to me that the scope of the A-Base Review was very large and you had prepared a discussion paper for Fraser....

Public Accounts committee  It hasn't been translated.

Public Accounts committee  There's no question in my mind that it was related to this.

Public Accounts committee  The first thing that happened was when Fraser was removed, and he told me about it, and he said, “You'd better get out, because Ewanovich is coming after you next.” That was in August of 2003. Burton was a friend of Ewanovich, and basically it just happened.

Public Accounts committee  Okay. On January 5, 2004, I provided a report to Staff Sergeant Lewis. It was a 16-page report that wasn't attached to the letter. On February 16 I received an e-mail from Assistant Commissioner Gork. He was requesting the names of individuals who had received a copy of the above-noted report.

Public Accounts committee  She told me it was for budget reasons. Two weeks before that, I had seen an e-mail from Deputy Commissioner George--and I have a copy of the e-mail--saying that we would be hiring people with new thinking skills and analytical skills, so I challenged that. I said, “How can that be?”

Public Accounts committee  Yes, probably somewhere. The letter basically informed me that I was to go to the Public Service Commission, and that looking for work elsewhere should become a priority.

Public Accounts committee  Outside the RCMP.

Public Accounts committee  I think so. The health part kicked in later.

Public Accounts committee  I know you want to make that link. This coincided with the criminal investigation, and because I'd been a key informant, I participated in that a fair amount. I also had to now confront looking for work outside the Public Service Commission after 33 years in the organization. I was hurting.

Public Accounts committee  That's right.