Information & Ethics committee  We received a complaint referring to inappropriate....

Information & Ethics committee  It was not related to ArriveCAN. Now, with ArriveCAN, we've blended them both into one investigation.

Information & Ethics committee  We're investigating the totality, not ArriveCan itself.

Information & Ethics committee  Mr. Chair, I confirm that there is an investigation, and we're not going to comment because it's ongoing.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm not aware of the whole Conflict of Interest Act, so it would be inappropriate for me to comment on whether any changes are needed, or whatnot.

Information & Ethics committee  In all honesty, I would say we learned that investigating within very tight parameters without having all the information required is a challenge. It brings us to the issue of transparency or the government’s influence regarding RCMP investigations, which is not—

Information & Ethics committee  I would not disagree with what you said. However, we don’t know what other information we could have obtained. There may have been a great deal more, or maybe less. We cannot speculate on it.

Information & Ethics committee  I agree with what you said.

Information & Ethics committee  I'll let Mr. Pincince talk about the approach, but I will go back to Monsieur Villemure's question with regard to transparency. That's something that is not in my ballpark, but, again, the parameters we had to work with were challenging, but we understood that those were the parameters we had to work with.

Information & Ethics committee  It could facilitate some of the investigations, but I'm not familiar with—

Information & Ethics committee  I did say that.

Information & Ethics committee  It does, because we don't have access to all the information.

Information & Ethics committee  I'll go back. Cabinet confidence is there for a reason. I think the interpretation of cabinet confidence, which we had a discussion on earlier, sometimes differs from one person to another. I think there's a reason for that being there, and I'm not an expert to explain what the reason is.

Information & Ethics committee  I would assume that, because it's in the act that he's to stop his investigation if there's criminal wrongdoing. I would imagine the person who is the commissioner has an understanding of what's criminal in order to refer it.

Information & Ethics committee  We don't normally go out, after an investigation, to say that there are charges or no charges. When the documents are presented in court and are in the public domain, that is when we'll comment.