Madam Speaker, the hon. member has raised a couple of statements with regard to the presentation of the person involved to a parliamentary committee, it is my understanding, at the request of the committee.
It is also my understanding from what we know of the issue right now that the person spoke only of issues that were public information. There was nothing spoken at the parliamentary committee level that was private information.
Second, the person did not have anything to do with the BST file within the Department of Health. Third, as the hon. member well knows, the person was also not working and was on leave of absence from the Department of Health at the time.
More important, the issue is being investigated. We cannot go on hearsay or on misunderstanding of issues. The issue is being investigated by Health Canada at the moment. As soon as the investigations have been finished and thoroughly looked at, the minister will be reporting to the House of Commons.