I'm astonished, Madam Chair.
We're being told that an independent public inquiry can be expensive. What's the price of a democracy? What's the value of democracy?
Two parties are currently neck and neck in the polls, and the colour of the government may be decided by a few ridings. But we're being told that shedding light on this matter might be expensive. People agree on this: the only way to shed light on the matter is with an independent public inquiry. It may be a long process, but we may live a very long time in darkness if we do nothing. That wouldn't be better.
Mr. Johnston says that some aspects are classified "secret" and can't be revealed in public. How is that worse than what we saw in the Arar affair, where three secret services from three different countries were involved in the inquiry.