Public Accounts committee  No. I'm sorry. I called Inspector Roy about the voice mail and asked his advice about whether or not to have the meeting with Mike Frizzell. He advised me not to. He told me of the schedule of briefings. He told me that Mike Frizzell probably wasn't speaking on behalf of the inv

Public Accounts committee  I did not change any minutes, and I do not know of anyone who did change minutes.

Public Accounts committee  What I do know is that several months ago a gentleman named Gary Roy came to me and said, “The reps are biting me because of the minutes of the meeting.” I said to him, “Did you follow due process?” There's a process for any minutes of meetings: they're drafted, they're sent out

Public Accounts committee  There were 12 in my area, sir.

Public Accounts committee  The file contains a memorandum from the deputy commissioner of the chief financial officer, Paul Gauvin, to the chief human resource officer, indicating a $1.3 million shortfall for fiscal year 2004-2005. Also in there is a file that was prepared on or before September 11, 2003,

Public Accounts committee  No, there was absolutely a humane response to that. While people receive the workforce adjustment letter, they're still on full salary. They're advised that their first priority is finding their next position. While they're still on full salary, we do everything we can to accommo

Public Accounts committee  You're provided a budget, but how you allocate that.... If there weren't cuts there, there would be cuts elsewhere. If it's not those twelve employees, which eight or twelve salaries add up to the amount you need to reduce by?

Public Accounts committee  Oh no, this is a very serious thing. This is people's livelihood. It's not a decision that's taken lightly, and there are other areas that are cut or cut back.

Public Accounts committee  I answered that I did not believe he interviewed me as a witness because I initiated that conversation.

Public Accounts committee  I guess I misunderstood what constitutes witness.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, and I note your concern, very much so. The first thing is that when I read that transcript, I noted that I didn't answer directly yes or no. First, I did not find my interactions with.... No, I need to clear this up, Mr. Chair. I did not find my interactions with M

Public Accounts committee  In retrospect, I guess I could have been more fulsome.

Public Accounts committee  I'm sorry, I can only speak to the ones in my department. It was the budget file that I inherited from the executive assistant of my predecessor, Fraser Macaulay. I brought the documentation that I had that prefaced that decision. So I'm not sure. I recall in the file there were

Public Accounts committee  —and there were 12. That was due to a budget pressure of $1.3 million for the fiscal year 2004-2005. I'll apologize to the committee that this has not been translated--I don't have those resources available to me--but I did bring supporting documentation on that for the committ

Public Accounts committee  To my knowledge, there was no one. There was no one under my watch, Mr. Chair.