If I may, sir, I take your point, but as I said, when I came on it was June 1, 2004. I was not there at the time.
When I was informed of the situation around the transaction--I was advised in mid-June of 2004--I wanted to make sure that the Office of the Auditor General was made aware of the circumstances. I gave the legal opinion at the meeting with the Auditor General. My colleagues at Justice Canada were not too happy with me, because normally we don't give this legal opinion. But I gave the information, sir.
To prevent it from happening again, I have an action plan to make sure that in future an advance audit opinion is sought. I cannot correct the past. I can just correct the future.