Mr. Gerard Dollard:

It did not dismiss the report; it did not adopt the report but it did indicate there were some thought-provoking items in it. No one is suggesting the Preferred Results report was valueless. What is being said is the data, particularly on dog pool analysis, did not have an evidence base. If one reads the report one will see many references to assumptions, estimates and guesstimates and, in fairness to the consultants, that is all they could do.