Mr. Speaker, yesterday's arrest of an employee with the Department of the Environment was a classy case of hitting a fly with a hammer. This is a very heavy handed approach I am sure designed to send a chill throughout the public service.
Author Yann Martel just sent the Prime Minister the book Animal Farm. Perhaps he should have sent another Orwell book, 1984.
It is important to note that in advance of this year's budget many media organizations had full details of the budget documents, vital strategic information. Who leaked that secret information and why was no one arrested?