Mr. Speaker, let us be clear. It was the Auditor General who raised the alarm about the situation within the RCMP in her November 2006 report.
As is always the case, the minister would have received a briefing by the Auditor General before the release of her report. That means the public safety minister has known since November.
Why the cover-up? Why did the public safety minister do nothing until he was forced to finally act?