Honourable senators, my question is for the Government Representative in the Senate. Peter Dalglish, a Canadian humanitarian worker who has spent 30 years working with children in disadvantaged countries and has worked at the United Nations, was found guilty in Nepal of assaulting two boys, 11 and 14, who were found with him in his home. If you go to his website, you’ll see photos of Mr. Dalglish with Prime Minister Trudeau in 1994 and a recent photo with current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. It seems that these photos helped raise his profile within the international agencies where he worked.

This sexual assault case brings shame to Canada. Since the RCMP and Interpol seem to have participated in the investigation with the Nepalese police, I would like to know if the Prime Minister was informed that this long-time friend of the Trudeau family was under investigation. I would especially like to know whether your Prime Minister intends to ask the Governor General to initiate the process, with the advisory council, to remove this Peter Dalglish from the Order of Canada to which he was appointed in 2016.

I would like the Government Representative to know that I will happily participate in the process.