National Defence committee  That is one of the underlying fears, and probably the one that's most predominant. It's not only..... I would say that running neck and neck to that are the family consequences that come from it. Being a victim, you get victimized again in many places, and some of those are on th

National Defence committee  Agreed.

National Defence committee  I didn't have just one conversation with the victim. There were several conversations over a period of time. There were things I said I had to do, ease their mind, get them some resources and those types of things. One of the comments was, “It doesn't matter, because it goes to

National Defence committee  I think there are two pieces to that, if I may say so. The first is I think—and I have said it before—there are good people inside the Canadian Armed Forces doing good work, and I think if they had enough time and distance they might get there at some point in time. If we want

National Defence committee  With any lead back from the minister, I would have reached back to the victim, told her what I was in the process of doing and where I was. I would ask her at that time whether I would be able to release their name to the minister. I probably would have gotten a yes, knowing that

National Defence committee  That's correct.

National Defence committee  Where I had the opportunity to use discretion, I did.

National Defence committee  That's correct.

National Defence committee  That's correct.

National Defence committee  For sure.

National Defence committee  Yes.

National Defence committee  That's correct.

National Defence committee  That's correct.

National Defence committee  That's correct.

National Defence committee  I believe he could have.