It's quite ironic to hear committee members, since yesterday, blame an employee who, as I said earlier, stole nothing and committed no computer offence to disclose secrets. He simply informed his union of what might happen to his colleagues, that is to the members of your institute, and of the major impact that this plan could have on people's safety and health. It is ironic to think that the people of this government have dismissed the President of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and the President of the Canadian Wheat Board because they did not think like they do, but that, in the case of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who lost documents and displayed utter negligence, they said those matters concerned his private life. It is quite ironic to hear that a scientist should be blamed and singled out, when, on the contrary, he should be congratulated for doing what he did.
What I'm asking of this government is that it reinstate Mr. Pomerleau in his duties as soon as possible because he did absolutely nothing wrong. He displayed transparency toward his union and his colleagues.