Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.
The minister has shown a fondness in the past for stating with much bravado that he is in charge. He is fond of telling us that the buck stops with him.
Now we learn that his office has broken the confidence of members of the Immigration and Refugee board and filed complaints against suspended deputy chief Michael Schelew by releasing their names to Mr. Schelew. This is a clear violation of section 29(a) of the Privacy Act which states that confidential information may not be released for any purpose other than that for which it was collected.
The fact remains that provisions of the Privacy Act were broken. Did the justice department advise the minister to break this act? If not, will the minister tell the House specifically what the advice was that he was given by the justice department?