Mr. Chairman, if the investigation was something that came to the notice of a department or any public official, they are obligated by our own internal rules to advise the Comptroller General, myself of their concerns. Then I am obligated to initiate a review or an investigation as the case may be. However, if the RCMP are conducting their own review, and it is an issue that has not come to the attention of a public official or the Comptroller General, then the RCMP could very well go to a department, through their court issued authorities, seize documents, obtain information that the government itself or the FMBS or the Comptroller General or FMB would not have any knowledge of.
Mr. Voytilla on Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on January 29th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
January 28th, 1998
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Voytilla
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