As I stated, Madam Chair, about the allegations that we learned about two weeks ago, I was just as shocked as everyone else. Any time during my tenure as Minister of National Defence, if anything was ever brought to me, I always made sure that it was quickly sent to the appropriate agency for thorough investigation. That's one thing I can assure you. Right now we do have an investigation that's currently going on, and we need to protect the integrity of it so that it can follow the appropriate process.
On February 19th, 2021. See this statement in context.