Mr. Speaker, the question being raised concerning the ethics counsellor misses
the point. What the hon. member should be noting is that, at the present time, there is no ethics counsellor and no reports have been filed.
The government has moved forward on a number of important commitments that were contained in the red book: commitments to fulfil the report of the standing committee of the House of Commons from last June; the commitment to appoint an ethics counsellor; the commitment to give him investigatory powers; the commitment to stop the contingency fees that were polluting the government procurement process.
These are important commitments. We have met them. They should be applauding us.