Mr. Speaker, the minister of public works was responsible for shredding 22,000 boxes of confidential private information on Canadian families. Instead of shredding that information, it was sold at a profit.
Yesterday the minister told us that everything is okay, after all he knew about it since July. The privacy commissioner does not think so. He is launching his own investigation.
Why did the minister keep this scandal of a major breach of privacy a secret? Just how bad is the news?