Madam Speaker, I would be the last person to try to justify what the Prime Minister says publicly. It is only one more example of the arrogance shown by the government of the day and by the Prime Minister's caucus.
Today's debate has been a real eye opener as far as the lack of respect for somebody else's opinion is concerned. Whether we agree with these students is not the issue. The issue is a fair hearing so the public complaints commission can decide whether or not the students complaint was justified.
The concern of the opposition right from the beginning is that this process, this public complaints commission, may not have been the vehicle to have investigated the involvement of the Prime Minister's Office and the government in police activities. We were assured by the government that the public complaints commission would be able to do the job. Now we see interference, if in no other way, by a heavy barrage of government lawyers manipulating the process.
This shows the arrogance and the lack of appreciation of the government of the desire of Canadians to get to the bottom of this matter, find out the truth and make sure the process is fair and equitable.