Madam Speaker, the Solicitor General has not answered the question. I will be brief. He says he has confidence in the process and the commission, which is extremely credible. So why is he rejecting the request made twice by the commission that he provide help for the complainants in this matter? Twice now the Solicitor General has refused to pay. In this particular case, the complaint is special.
Here again, I repeat: $650,000 more for the commission. This has never happened since the commission's inception. Twice the commission has asked the Solicitor General to pay for the students. The federal court has spoken. A slew of lawyers is being paid at huge cost. I hope the Solicitor General will tell us how much that costs, especially the travel back and forth between Ottawa and Vancouver. Why is the Solicitor General refusing to help the complainants?
Is the Prime Minister telling him what to do or is the Solicitor General big enough to say “Yes, I will help the complainants?”