Russ Hiebert at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On February 5th, 2008. See this statement in context.

February 5th, 2008 / 4 p.m.

Conservative

Russ Hiebert Conservative South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale, BC

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Chair, it's a matter of public record that the RCMP spent eight years, and likely millions of dollars, investigating allegations regarding the Airbus purchase by Air Canada, and the Bear Head project. The plain fact is that the RCMP announced on April 22, 2003:

After an exhaustive investigation in Canada and abroad, the RCMP has concluded its investigations into allegations of wrongdoing involving MBB Helicopters, Thyssen and Airbus... The RCMP has now concluded that the remaining allegations cannot be substantiated and that no charges will be laid...

Mr. Spector, the first questions I have relate to the relevance of your testimony to this committee.

First of all, do you have any evidence for this committee of any wrongdoing by any public official with respect to Airbus?

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