Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Yesterday a staff sergeant mentioned that the RCMP were iconic, and certainly going right back to the North West Mounted Police, there's no question that is the case. It's the symbol of everything that is right, good, fair, and just about Canada.
I agree with my colleagues that allowing this to spin into a partisan revelry does not help the innocent officers, of whom there are thousands, who are waiting to see justice in the higher ranks.
My Liberal colleagues may be upset with colleagues who repeat Anne McLellan's name and Reg Alcock's name, and it doesn't really inspire us to go out and see CBC and have, after an in camera meeting, all the time burned up by those colleagues. I've had a very productive and, I would say, a very amicable relationship with my colleague from Hamilton. We've worked very hard on Hamilton issues. And to imply that a minister who wants to get a quick answer in order to be able to bring some relief to people who have been suffering for years, to imply that's because of electioneering—