Madam Speaker, the Conservative member and several before him have made the same argument. They have said we should just turn these documents over to the RCMP. The problem is that the RCMP does not want to obtain evidence in this fashion. As the RCMP commissioner said in a letter, “Any information obtained through the Motion or other compulsory authorities would need to be segregated from an RCMP investigation.” He is saying the RCMP does not want it. However, I digress on that point.
The member reminded us once again that he was a prosecutor before coming to this place. I am wondering if he could tell us how many times during his career as a prosecutor that he or any police agency he was working with obtained evidence through a motion of Parliament. Was it one time, 10 times, 100 times? Did it ever even happen? I would like just a number. All I want to know is the number of times he received evidence through a motion of Parliament.