From that, I gathered maybe it was that of someone in the department, or it was departmental. However, what is crystal clear if you look at the testimony — for example, the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance proceedings, Tuesday, September 16, 2003 — you can see very clearly that the minister has difficulty answering the questions.
De toute façon, il ressort clairement des délibérations, notamment de la séance du Comité sénatorial permanent des finances nationales du mardi 16 septembre 2003, que la ministre a de la difficulté à répondre aux questions.