Mr. Speaker, I want to press this member because I think the Canadian people have a right to know what actually happened.
I believe from my point of view that this move was a totally cynical damage control measure. The fact that he received a very prestigious appointment does not reflect that the Prime Minister has lost confidence in the person. If he had lost confidence in that person he would have turfed him right out. I believe that if it was known then that illegal things had gone on, he should have been investigated by the RCMP. Instead, he was shuttled away which, to me, smells of a cover-up.
I do respect the member as an individual MP and I think he is trying to do the right thing but adding to the cover-up is not the right thing.