Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just for a little bit of clarification on some comments that were made previously by Ms. Lee when she questioned the Minister about the potential of information from a confidential briefing having been leaked in some fashion by himself or staff or someone in the room who was there when the confidential briefing took place, I just wanted to point out that briefing actually took place Friday morning....
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Thursday? Was it Thursday? Okay. Pardon me. The briefing took place on Thursday. This matter was not discussed in the House until Friday afternoon, shortly before adjournment. In the copy of the Yellowknifer, which came out early on Friday morning, quotes attributed to Ms. Lee include:
Range Lake MLA Sandy Lee said she believes that Bayly resigned and has no doubt that Lynda Sorensen was involuntarily let go. Lee said a Cabinet Minister threatened to quit if Sorensen did not resign. Lee said she believes Bayly got a year's salary. Because it was concluded there was no just cause for dismissing Sorensen, her settlement was much larger, Lee said.
I just wanted to point out that in fact Ms. Lee's attempt...
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Mr. Bell said, "She has found the leak." It would appear that in fact, it was Ms. Lee who spoke to the media about the nature of the settlements, and heaven only knows what else.
Anyway, I want to go back to something that Mr. Bell was questioning about and did not really get a satisfactory response to. When it came to the negotiation of the termination contract, I believe Ms. Snider indicated that she was the person who negotiated that contract with Ms. Sorensen. I would just like to know if that took place in a face-to-face meeting. Thank you.