Mr. Speaker, the hon. member will poke in vain through the entrails of this affair to find some squalid political advantage.
There are two principles in operation here, and I abided in them both. First, as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, when I am fixed with information and consult with my deputy and with the solicitor general and am then advised that it is properly communicated to the RCMP, I do so. That is fulfilling a moral obligation. I am encouraged to see that predecessors in office have done the same, including John Turner.
The second principle is the police conduct investigations without interference from politicians. When I communicate information, it is up to the police to decide what to do with it.
In this instance they wrote back and said "we have looked into it and we are doing nothing with it". Then if they on their own decide to commence an investigation, as apparently they did, they are to do that investigation without being controlled or influenced by politicians. That is the second principle and that principle was also respected.
The hon. member will look in vain for any wrongdoing in this case.