Thank you, Chair.
I'd like to start off by thanking Mr. Lake for his compliment. As elected officials, we have a duty and an obligation to the electorate when we hear serious allegations of this sort to act upon them. In fact, the duty and responsibility for that are that much greater for a minister of the Crown, especially for the Minister of Public Safety.
My first question to you, Minister, is this: when did you first hear of these serious allegations arising out of the RCMP pension and insurance funds?