Mr. Michael Wernick at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

I stand by that commentary. It's the director of Public Prosecutions who said at the time, and went to the trouble of issuing a statement, that her office had never experienced political interference in a prosecution, and we have not seen interference in police investigations. As tempting as it was in the cases of blockades, pipeline blockades and the occupation of downtown Ottawa, it's a well-established principle of federal and provincial governments that police investigations and operations are conducted independently, and prosecutors and courts operate independently.