Public Accounts committee  I advised my immediate supervisor, Mr. Corrigan, that I was having difficulty with this report and there was no way I could justify not releasing the report. In my mind, this was an issue of the report being released. Period.

Public Accounts committee  At the time I didn't think so.

Public Accounts committee  No.

Public Accounts committee  Simply because based on my experience and the knowledge I had of some investigative. I didn't think it was required.

Public Accounts committee  Sir, we're not talking about the same day here.

Public Accounts committee  The memo was on the 21st, the discussion I had with Mr. McConnell was on April 5. That was the result of Mr. Dupuis, from the information commissioner, saying, okay, who needs a subpoena to come and explain what's happening with the report? I told Mr. Dupuis, hang on, I'll get ba

Public Accounts committee  Ultimately I told him that if it was my decision to make, I would make my decision, and to remember that in the future.

Public Accounts committee  Which one?

Public Accounts committee  I've already testified that I told him I disagreed with him. The issue was about the release of the report. I was basing my judgment that this was not an ethical issue on my policing and training background. It was an access to information and release of the report issue. I told

Public Accounts committee  You cannot presume that it would have taken another four or five months, because I released the report three weeks later.

Public Accounts committee  You are all aware of the note Mr. Gauvin sent us, which indicated that the file contained personal information which should not be disclosed. I do not want to put words into my boss' mouth, but I presume he wanted an opinion on these new facts.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, sir, when I first testified last week, I gave an information sheet showing that 80% of all access to information requests were provided out of time. In fact, we were getting so many requests that we could not even request extensions beyond the 30 days. So we have to keep all

Public Accounts committee  No.

Public Accounts committee  I did not ask for a second opinion. The report came in on March 21, and on March 22, by boss, Mr. Corrigan, got the report and sent it back for a second legal opinion.

Public Accounts committee  Yes.