Let's suppose that the Attorney General, namely the Minister of Justice, wants to intervene in a particular file. I do not want to bring up any bad memories whatsoever, but let's use the example of the sponsorship scandal. If there had been a director of prosecutions and he had not wanted to lay charges against Mr. Lafleur or any other individuals, whereas the Minister of Justice had wanted to intervene, would he have had to prepare a notice and had it published in the Canada Gazette?
On May 17th, 2007. See this statement in context.