Public Safety committee  No, not at all. It wasn't all about the investigation either. It was the fact that—

Public Safety committee  No. It wasn't specifically about the weapons, whether to share or not to share.... In that email, yes, but it was also about the protocol that they had in place on the ground, because nothing was to be released by anybody in government until the RCMP released it in the media.

Public Safety committee  —and secondly, we had protocol with the families.

Public Safety committee  No, he did not.

Public Safety committee  Yes. Many times we provide the speaking notes beforehand, but because there were so many details, and they were changing—they were adding and subtracting and adding and subtracting—we didn't have a final version. It wasn't necessarily with Minister Blair at that point. It would

Public Safety committee  On what date?

Public Safety committee  Yes, there were several versions of speaking notes that were being used by the people on the ground in Nova Scotia. That was one of many versions.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  I believe so.

Public Safety committee  It wasn't a promise; it was a confirmation, because I was asked if that information would be included in the media release. I verified through my comms people, who verified with the people on the ground, and at that point they advised that it was, in fact, going to be part of tha

Public Safety committee  He was speaking of the weapons in the incident. That would mostly include the weapons seized, because the weapons used were still under forensics. So it was more involved with the weapons seized.

Public Safety committee  Yes, in the sense that it was any of the weapons involved in the incident. Some were seized and not used and some were used.

Public Safety committee  I confirmed, in fact, that they were going to be part of the media event.

Public Safety committee  That's what he wrote, but as I said in my notes, in the context.... The word “promise” that I used was in the context of confirming the answer to his question.

Public Safety committee  I don't recollect that. I may have—I'm not going to question Superintendent Campbell's recollection—but it was in the context of confirming the information that was asked of me.