Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, those were comments that were made by myself being advised by the staff. The members of the committee will know that we asked to make available our staff last week so that they could answer these types of questions. It has been some time since then.
My understanding of the discussions were that the chief of staff was considered to be a senior management staff. The contract that was used to sign was a DM contract with the changes made. It was considered a senior management position. It was allowed to have some of the flexibilities of an executive assistant position in it.
The point of it is, Mr. Speaker, it is the staff that should properly discuss these with the Members because it is a technical question and I know they have had trouble understanding me when I was in committee. We discussed it here in the committee, we have asked questions about it. The chief of staff position was a position created by Cabinet and the rationale for it was done that way.
This is the best I can do, again, is provide the documentation that was provided back then. There is no lack of clarity in the staff's view about the position, how it was created and where it fit into the organizational charts. The lack of clarity was on my part and I apologize for it. Thank you.