Canadian Heritage committee  I think, as you'll see from the report, the information we got from members was a bit of a mixed bag. Some members felt that they were well advised and that they understood, in general terms, what these funds were available for. Other members felt they were much more in the dark.

Canadian Heritage committee  I really don't want to speculate or say what my personal level of confidence is as to whether my recommendations will be put into effect. I was asked whether I had evidence that action was going to occur, and I related the steps that I know, as all of us know, have been taken. I

Canadian Heritage committee  I think there are a couple of things. One is that, as I've said probably too many times already, one of the critical recommendations we came up with was to have a much more transparent and clear policy framework around these issues. I don't want to get too technical, but I think

Canadian Heritage committee  Respectfully, I don't think it's up to me to have confidence or not. What they'll do with my recommendations.... My task—

Canadian Heritage committee  What I can say is that my interim report was adopted by the members at a special meeting, and it's clear the nominating committee has made serious efforts to go in the direction that I recommended. It will be for the members to decide on the weekend whether they want to continue

Canadian Heritage committee  No, I'm going to correct myself—

Canadian Heritage committee  I think perhaps I misunderstood your question. I apologize. There's no evidence that there was an intention to join before the Minister of Sport intervened. That is clear, and I believe I have that in the report.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think I want to clarify it at least. I'm not sure I completely understood the chronology of the question. We have in the report the evidence of.... I think we're maybe talking about two different things here, but if the question is whether I have evidence about the Office of

Canadian Heritage committee  I think I'm out of my depth on that question, because how matters are reported on audited statements is a special skill of people who are trained in auditing. As you'll see from the report, the organization was given some specific advice about these funds. If I may speculate a

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable talking about some sort of causal connection. However, I feel very comfortable saying a more diverse board would be much better equipped to deal with the realities being faced. Of course, as we all know, it's not simply a hockey or sport issue.

Canadian Heritage committee  Again, I have to go back to what I was trying to do, which was to help set up a firm foundation for governance for the organization. I was not there to assess their performance on every operational issue. I firmly believe the sorts of governance recommendations I made—as I say in

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  It's consistent with the COC standards for national sport organizations.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm not sure “gotten away” is the correct term, exactly. There is no legal obligation to do that. It's a standard—

Canadian Heritage committee  —and not a legal regulation. There are filing obligations. Why they chose not to do this.... We commented on this in the report. My advice to them is to adhere to that standard.