On 20 May 2009, the commission released its 2600-web page report, which drew on testimony from 1000's of former people and officials from much more than 250 institutions. Jonathan Richardson, the former federal NDP's govt member for Atlantic Canada, who defected to the Green Party, stated in an job interview with CBC Radio, that some probable NDP candidates were hesitant to operate in New Brunswick, owing to Singh's turban.