Mr. Chairman, the sections of the Financial Administration Act I referred to a moment ago are by no means passive or reactive. They impose a positive duty on public officials to make the kind of disclosure the hon. gentleman has referred to. The duty exists in the law already.
However as I have said on many occasions in the House, there will be full co-operation on my part and on the part of all my officials with any investigation that may go forward whether by another government department, the auditor general or the RCMP. The proof is that we have already made references to the RCMP as we are obliged to. We will continue to do so.