No, that's absolutely wrong. In fact, as the Minister of National Defence.... I'm sorry, but no politician should ever be directing an investigation or getting involved in investigations. That's absolutely wrong, and I will unequivocally state this and, even as a private citizen, will fight that no politician should be involved.
Take it this way, Madam Chair, through you. The military police are police officers in the Canadian military, just like there is a police force in our civil society. We don't go directing them. We don't get to ask for briefings from them. Information is provided to them. They make the decisions as to which way an investigation goes. It goes to a judicial process. It goes to court if it gets to that level, and the information does come out. That's exactly what is happening.
What we need to make sure is that any allegation gets to the appropriate independent authority so that appropriate action can be taken. Anything otherwise, like our getting involved, is impeding an investigation, and you don't want politicians to get involved in that.