Madam Speaker, I have no idea who wrote the member's speech, but with the numerous false accusations or misinformation and the amount of rhetoric that are in it, they will no doubt get a gold star from the Conservative spin doctors.
I can tell the House that when the issue first came into being, it was the Liberal government that addressed the issue of “arm's-length”, which means that it is not the government that runs a fund. The government provides the fund, and an arm's-length group administers the program. When the government found that there were serious allegations in this situation, two internal audits were done.
The Auditor General has also done a report on it. The standing committee has been looking at it. To try to give the impression that it is all about Liberal insiders and corrupt Liberals is a bunch of, and I will let members fill in the blank. I think it does a disservice to the individuals who are actually listening and believing the type of things that the member was saying on the record.
The motion is saying that we should grab everything we have and give it directly to the RCMP, which is very much something new to the House of Commons. We have the power; we can do that, but just because we have the power does not mean we have the right to walk on the charter rights of individuals. Shame on the member.