Mr. Speaker, the answer to that question is that no one instructed the lawyer for the government to challenge the mandate of the inquiry.
Yesterday at the commission an evidentiary issue arose. The observation was made by counsel that the issue was collateral to the events in Somalia, and submissions were made about how far the commission should go in examining video tapes.
However, as I said earlier, apart from this detail the important point of principle is that the government is committed to assisting the commission in its work. We acknowledge expressly that the commission properly can look into allegations of cover-up, part of its job. It is within its mandate. We agree with the interpretation of the mandate by the commission itself.
Now we are getting on with the work of the commission. The lawyer in question has tendered the documents and the records. They have been made available to the commission. The commission is going about its work.