Mr. Speaker, my department for sometime now has been reviewing all of the sponsorship files between the year 1997 and the date of the audit in 2000. It is going over them one by one. Where there are issues that arise, it draws them to the attention of the appropriate authorities. That may in some cases be the auditor general. It may in other cases be the RCMP. It is pursuing every one of the files to make sure that they are properly done.
In the House of Commons on June 7th, 2002. See this statement in context.