With all due respect, my job as a parliamentarian is to hold the government to account, and the Prime Minister is asking me to believe a story that the Government of India is responsible for a security breach in an event that actually happened in his presence. So far we have conflicting stories from a Canadian citizen—who was convicted of attempted murder and has been identified as being with a terrorist organization—who was not only at an event with the Prime Minister but is also seen in photographs with the Prime Minister's wife, in a foreign country in which a serious diplomatic incident has been raised. You expect us to believe the Prime Minister's story that he was advised by someone in your department or in your agency or in the Privy Council Office, who would have significant knowledge about this. He is laying the blame at the foot of the Indian government, something the Indian government refutes at every angle.
Mr. Minister, I'm asking you for some clarity on this. Canadians have a right to know. This affects our country's reputation. This affects our image. This affects our trade. Canadians have every right to know. You've told me that I have another forum through which I can find this information, yet you haven't told me what that forum is. Could you please explain it here to this committee? This committee is tasked with the oversight of the money that you're spending through your department on behalf of taxpayers to make sure that incidents like the one we're talking about don't happen.