Mr. Speaker, it would seem to me that the attack of my hon. colleague and his party, particularly his leader, on this question is beneath them. They should be better than this and they know better. It seems to me that this is a real act of desperation. It can only be called an act of desperation out of fear over this.
We know full well that when a minister is required to declare assets to the ethics counsellor, he cannot declare those assets if he is not informed of major changes in those assets.
When there are major changes, the best way for that to happen is for the trustee to inform the ethics counsellor who calls a meeting of the three of them and therefore the counsellor is informed in the presence of the minister of those major changes in his assets.
How else is he supposed to inform the ethics counsellor if he is not informed of those major changes? This is a ridiculous argument, but I really think it is beneath my hon. colleague. He is better than that and he knows better than that.