Public Accounts committee  Yes. At the time, Mr. Cogan was, I guess, the director of PAID. He was acting in the absence of the director, Bernie Corrigan. So he was there as my boss.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, basically on the e-mail.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, sir. The e-mail was from Gisèle Presland. It was sent to Claude Caron, Tim Cogan, Paul Gauvin, Michel Joyal, and Mike MacDonald. It basically arranged a meeting time change from 10:15 to 1:30 at the request of Deputy Commissioner Gauvin.

Public Accounts committee  You have to recall that at the end of the meeting I told Mr. Gauvin that I was the ATIP coordinator, that if there were sensitive information in the document, I was ready to take a second look. However, he would have to put all of his recommendations in writing or otherwise they'

Public Accounts committee  On the request in question—February 17, 2004, is the postdate on the document—it had to do with the expense accounts for Commissioner Zaccardelli for 2001, 2002, and 2003, including a detailed breakdown and the receipts therein. At the request of Mr. Gauvin's office, yes, I att

Public Accounts committee  Yes. There were, I believe, three other individuals. Sitting on my right was Inspector Tim Cogan. There were also two other individuals. The names are on the e-mail. I could not recall their names today without referring to the e-mail. My main focus was on Mr. Gauvin.

Public Accounts committee  At the opening, I introduced myself to Mr. Gauvin, and Mr. Gauvin introduced himself to me. I was the first one in the room. We sat down, and he handed over a synopsis. He basically...those are the documents that will be going out. I said of course, and I put them on top of the p

Public Accounts committee  That's correct. When I put it on the file, basically he said that the decision had been made, that it was the synopsis that was going to go out. I asked him who had made the decision, and he told me that SEC had made the decision. I inquired as to who in SEC. I wanted to have t

Public Accounts committee  I believe so. At the time, he did not mention Commissioner Zaccardelli, as he was out of town. I believe he was in Regina at the time.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chairman, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Michel Joyal. I am a retired member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. I retired last March. I was the deputy officer responsible for programs and policy with the Access to Information Branch. When Superintendent Picard, a

Public Accounts committee  My name is Michel Joyal. I do swear that the evidence I shall give on this examination shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God.