Mr. Speaker, I do not understand where my colleague got the information that the public has no faith in the public complaints commission. It is the opposite. Canadians have every faith in the public complaints commission.
Canadians have every faith in our democratic institutions. They know that anybody who appears before this commission will have a fair hearing. The counsel for the commission clearly stated that he will assist the witnesses, that he will help them out in order to make sure their case is heard before the commission.
Frankly, and I said this a little earlier in a question to a member of the NDP, had any mishap taken place at that meeting, my colleagues from the Reform Party would have been the first ones on their feet in this House trying to attack the government for not providing security to our guests, dignitaries visiting our country for this international meeting. They would have been the first ones to stand and attack the government.
They cannot have it both ways. They have to let the police do their work. This is a police initiative. The police are doing what they have to do within the framework of the law in a most comprehensive and humane way. Let them do their work. My colleagues should back off and let the commission conduct its hearing. They should stop yapping on this issue until such time as we get a report.