This is a generic binder for the public accounts committee appearances and in it there was a timeline prepared by somebody in the RCMP. It says that on March 10, 2004, the deputy minister formally notified Minister McLellan. On March 15, at the request of Deputy Commissioner Loeppky, a criminal investigation known as “project probity” was launched by the Ottawa Police Service.
On April 23rd, 2007. See this statement in context.