Mr. Speaker, another autumn in the 1997 APEC fiasco haunts us still.
The transcript of an RCMP conference call reveals the Prime Minister's office was deeply involved in security arrangements for the Vancouver summit.
Listen to what RCMP Inspector Wayne May had to say at that time. He is quoted as saying, “When the Prime Minister is told of this he is just going to tell them to do whatever it takes to get the protesters out of there”.
I would like to ask the solicitor general, the minister responsible for the RCMP, to confirm what Canadians already know, that the Prime Minister and his office had a direct role in security for the APEC summit.