WOLFVILLE, N.S. -- Prime Minister Paul Martin said yesterday he will "act very rapidly" if a police investigation into organized crime in British Columbia finds links to his government. Martin was referring to speculation his senior campaign organizer in B.C. could be implicated. But the prime minister said the scope of the probe remains unclear.

"We have not been contacted by the police, so essentially we don't know what it is they're looking for," he said at a news conference in Nova Scotia.

But Martin confirmed police have asked for certain e-mails from Mark Marissen, a private consultant and former political aide who also works as the prime minister's campaign chairperson in B.C.

Martin said police have made it clear Marissen has not been implicated in the investigation "and was simply the recipient, perhaps, of some e-mails.

"When the investigation is complete, if there are any consequences flowing from that, we will act very rapidly," Martin said.

Marissen said police recently gave him a letter suggesting he may have been the "innocent recipient" of documents related to an investigation.

"I did the search of the documents and gave them a document that I thought would be helpful," Marissen said, adding police asked him not to reveal what type of records they were looking for.

"I can only say . . . the documents did not pertain to the Liberal Party of Canada or Paul Martin campaign's fundraising or organizational activities."