Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition and the leader of the Conservative Party has called for, if there is not already one, an investigation by the RCMP.
There have been a lot of opinions expressed from both sides tonight, but we need to appreciate the reason we have called for that investigation to be opened, if there is not one already. It is simply because if the RCMP discovers there is evidence of obstruction of justice, and an independent prosecutor agrees with that evidence and says it is in the public interest to carry forward, and in a court process that is independent of this place and independent of any power other than its own processes, a judge finds there to be an obstruction of justice, then it is a criminal offence, and those are the only people who should be saying it. I may have an opinion and lawyers may have a legal opinion, but until a judge actually gives a ruling, it will not happen.
Does the member support that verification through that process by an independent process?