However, I think it is important for you to check the record as to what he said, because not only did he take responsibility for the words that he had said to the House, and that is to be lauded, but he also suggested that the comments that were made by him at the time he was representing the minister were also reflective of what he thought the government's position was, in other words, what his minister's position was. That was that they had taken into consideration what the department was saying and, therefore, came up with this erroneous position that in fact it was the department that had said no to the application.
Je pense cependant qu'il serait important que vous vérifiiez le texte de sa déclaration, car non seulement il a assumé la responsabilité des propos qu'il avait tenus à la Chambre, et c'est tout à son honneur, mais il a aussi laissé entendre que les observations qu'il a faites à l'époque en tant que représentant de la ministre étaient aussi, pensait-il, l'expression de la position du gouvernement, autrement dit de sa ministre, à savoir que ces derniers avaient tenu compte de ce que disait le ministère pour aboutir à cette thèse erronée que c'était en réalité le ministère qui avait rejeté la demande.
