Mr. Speaker, the minister is clearly grasping at straws here.
What the government spent $12 million on was trying to suppress the truth. Less than one-tenth of the documents were reviewed by the panel of ex-judges and less than half were even looked at by the back-room committee of MPs. For what? It was so the government could put this off for a year and now falsely pretend that judgment has been rendered.
Why did the Conservatives choose a process that hid the facts from Canadians and why not hold a public inquiry now?