Mr. Speaker, either this government has complete faith in the competence of the public complaints commission or it does not.
The commission has twice requested funding for the students yet the solicitor general refuses to accept this advice. The solicitor general knows there is a precedent, that inmates from the Kingston prison for women were provided with legal funding to pursue their complaints with the request of the Arbour inquiry.
Will the solicitor general show the same confidence in this commission's judgment, stop covering for the Prime Minister and restore fairness to this process by approving student funding today?