Madam Speaker, I would readily spend any extra money we have and would suggest that the government spend it on scholarships for students.
The situation here is not as painted by the opposition. We will be able to arrive at the truth. We will be able to get the facts because we have a public body, the RCMP Public Complaints Commission, which has a solid record of 12 years of credibility and integrity in producing results. The commission had found in the past some isolated cases of excessive use of force. I have faith in this body being able to arrive at the truth.
It does not need any counsel because those cases in the past did not have legal counsel. On those 1,000 cases every year, where were opposition members? Did they ask for funding for those 1,000 citizens every year? Where were they?