Mr. Speaker, I do not intend to respond to that particular tirade except to say unequivocally, and I can document this and I will put these documents on the table of the House, that it was the deputy minister of defence who alerted the information commissioner to these problems and therefore the investigation ensued as a result of the department's initiative, not as a result of the initiative of that person, the person who required the information under access to information law.
In the House of Commons on March 28th, 1996. See this statement in context.