Mr. Speaker, in January of that year when there was a settlement, Mr. Mulroney and his lawyers said that the parties accept that the RCMP, on its own initiative, initiated the Airbus investigation, that the minister of justice was not involved in the decision to initiate the investigation and that before November 4, 1994, the minister of justice was not aware of the request for assistance in the RCMP investigation.
“The parties accepted that RCMP and the Department of Justice in sending the request for assistance to Switzerland acted within their legitimate responsibility in this matter”. That was signed by Mr. Mulroney.