Madam Speaker, I have had exchanges in this debate, and a constituent from Waterloo just asked me to ask about Dean Del Mastro, the former Canadian MP who was “convicted of cheating during the 2008 federal election and covering up his crime”, as The Canadian Press notes. “He was granted bail...but not before spending a night in jail after being marched to a waiting van wearing handcuffs and leg shackles—TV cameras rolling all the while.” Canadians remember this.
My constituent asked me to put on the record that Vern White, a Conservative senator who spent 25 years in the RCMP and served as the chief of police for the Ottawa Police Service, said, “I was in policing for 32 years, I don't think I've put leg shackles on a person in my life—and I've probably done 29 people convicted of murder.” This constituent noted my questions to the Conservative who spoke previously and asked me to repeat the same two questions.
As to my first question, it appears that members from multiple parties definitely want to see a question be called so that PROC can do its work, because the debate does not end here; there is more work to do. Does the member agree that this question of privilege should be referred to PROC?
As to the second question I asked of the Conservative who spoke previously, which my constituent would like repeated, can the RCMP request these documents on its own or is it only through the House of Commons that it can receive them?