Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I wanted to just make a few comments as well. My comments are going to be brief but I think still important to make. First of all, I think the committee acknowledged that this process was not about the performance, it was not a performance appraisal of the Commissioner. I think if you want to be fair about it, some notice should have been given, as with any other employee, that this was going to be the case. I believe that it is not fair that, in the course of carrying out our work, we should draw conclusions without some notice being given.

I do not dispute the seriousness that Mr. Dent and others place on this. I think it is clear that there was probable grounds for a fair apprehension of bias. That is fine. Judges are found to be in that predicament as well. They are not thrown out of their job as a result of it. We have difficulties with the performance of this individual. I ask myself, how would I feel about this, supporting this recommendation five years from now? Ten years from now?

You know, maybe I would be in my rocking chair on a bench by the Mackenzie River thinking about those things. I do not think I could live with myself if I support this. It is going to severely damage an individual. For what? Is it that serious in my mind? I would have to say no. Even if it is serious, there has been no warning, no advance notice. In my view, we should issue a warning that some of the things we find are distressing and that we will not accept that, it is not to be condoned. It should be a warning, in my view.

There has to be some attempt made, I believe, Mr. Dent, to try and make good of something out of something like this. That is really my view. I do not want to pass judgment and severely damage somebody through a process that was not intended to do that. It is not fair and I do not think it warrants the damage that is contemplated here. I will not be supporting that. Thank you.