Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of National Defence.
On October 24, 1995 at 8.40 a.m., Nancy Fournier, a clerk of DND's public affairs branch, was interviewed by the military police about her refusal to destroy documents related to the Somalia affair. Let me quote: "She can recall on numerous occasions being told to destroy files but specifically recalls a senior officer saying to her `had you got rid of this stuff like I told you this wouldn't be happening now"'.
According to the commission counsel on Monday they said: "the minister and the department did not deem it necessary to go any further". Why not?