My question is for the Leader of the Government in the Senate. I’ll try to go easy on him and not make him speak too much today.

Last week, Andrew Leslie said he would testify in defence of Vice-Admiral Norman. He resigned from his parliamentary secretary position and announced that he would not be running for re-election as a Liberal. One week later, the government backed down and stayed the charges against Vice-Admiral Norman. Andrew Leslie was at the courthouse this morning to give the vice-admiral a hug. What was Mr. Leslie going to say that had the Trudeau government running scared?

Leader of the Government, it just so happens that the key players in this affair, former minister Brison, the now-famous Gerald Butts, and Andrew Leslie, have all fled the government ship. I know you’re a strong advocate of transparency in affairs of state. Can you commit to releasing all the documents that would have been made public during the trial?