An untold story in the Prime Minister's Office has been that of Ray Novak, the young principal secretary, who has been working quietly as Stephen Harper's "envoy" to the Air India families.
He has made sure that the Prime Minister went to all of the annual memorials of the deadly terrorist attack. He has pushed hard for a high-profile national monument and pressed, too, for a formal inquiry.
So he should take some satisfaction today when the Prime Minister meets with the families and the report is released.
Mr. Novak, who has been with the Prime Minister since the Canadian Alliance days, has been engaged in the Air India file since then, according to former long-time Harper chief of staff Ian Brodie.
Mr. Brodie, who is working in Washington now at the Inter-American Development Bank, says that Mr. Novak has been "the long-time activist in the Conservative Party for the inquiry."
Bespectacled and serious, Mr. Novak stays very much in the background. He is not well known to Canadians but has the ear of the Prime Minister.
Mr. Brodie says that Mr. Novak has tracked the work done on Air India by journalists Kim Bolan and Terry Milewski.
He knows the stories of the families and the victims; he knows the details of the existing memorials.
But not just for Mr. Novak, Mr. Brodie said this is also an important day for the Prime Minister.
"This has been a long-time personal project for Stephen Harper," says the former chief of staff. "It speaks to all his core concerns and motivations for going into politics - a horrific, terrorist attack on innocent civilians, compounded by colossal government incompetence and followed by a long refusal by Canadian governments to confront the issue squarely.
"We all hope the report brings some sense of justice to the families and to all Canadians who remember the attack 25 years ago."