Mr. Speaker, we will let Canadians decide for themselves. The minister had the auditor's report for five months. The official opposition put in an access request on the 17th and the minister released it on the 19th, five months after the fact. Circumstances show that it was probably the pressure of the official opposition's access request, which would have resulted in it being released anyway. Damage control says that it is better to release something than it is to have it otherwise released.
In the House of Commons on February 8th, 2000. See this statement in context.