Madam Chair, the member's impression is wrong. Any time information is brought forward, action must be taken, and action was taken...immediately going and speaking to my chief of staff so that action could be taken. She immediately went to the Privy Council Office so that independent action could be taken, and it was taken the very next day. Then we also followed up.
That's how seriously we took it. We followed up immediately with the appropriate independent people. What I'm trying to say here is, don't misquote when I say that a politician should not be involved with investigations. They should never be. No politician, no minister—whether it's previous ministers or future ministers—should ever order an investigation on an individual in the Canadian Armed Forces or stop an investigation.