Public Accounts committee  I'm a retired member of the RCMP.

Public Accounts committee  Well, right now, if you took all my service, I have 34 years of service, and I have about 20 in the access to information legislation.

Public Accounts committee  There was nothing unusual in the original request, the first request. We received two requests. In the first request, we were just asked to stand down, because there was an ongoing criminal investigation. There was really nothing wrong with that. And then the best judge.... If the disclosure of the information would impede the investigation, or Inspector Roy and then Mr.

Public Accounts committee  There was a second request, yes.

Public Accounts committee  It was put on the back burner because the investigation was ongoing. If you look at the time that we received the request, you'll see that the investigation was ongoing.

Public Accounts committee  The first one was fulfilled, but it was devoid of substance, practically. Out of 25 pages, there was nothing to.... And then on the second request, I contacted their requester, and I said, “Listen, would you rather wait, or do you want me to send you almost 25 blank pages?” There were 22 or 25; I don't remember exactly.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chairman, committee members, my involvement with the RCMP pension plan was in relation to requests made under the access to information legislation. Following the conclusion of the audit report in October 2003, understandably some people were interested in reading that material.