Mr. Speaker, contrary to the false impression that the member tries to give, there is a blurring of judicial independence here. He needs to recognize that the House of Commons, which has the supreme authority or power, is now saying that it wants to get this information in order to hand it over to the RCMP.
Even the Auditor General and the RCMP have issues with the direction the Conservative Party of Canada is taking today. If we were to use the same very principled arguments the member is attempting to get across, can members imagine what would have happened with the Conservative ETS scandal of $400 million, which is, from what I understand, in part still going through the court process?
The Conservative Party is directly trying to interfere in a dangerous area and violating the Charter of Rights, amongst other issues.