Information & Ethics committee  If the complaint was well-founded and it met the threshold, yes, we would look into it.

Information & Ethics committee  This whole issue of foreign influence has many aspects, and this is one of them. As I mentioned before, we have a national inquiry right now on the question of lobbyists, etc. I think you want to look at it holistically and not just within the aspect of foreign travel under the C

Information & Ethics committee  It could be part of any future amendments to the Conflict of Interest Act, yes.

Information & Ethics committee  Why don't I give you [Inaudible—Editor]? That would be easiest.

Information & Ethics committee  No.

Information & Ethics committee  That's not what I said. First of all, I said “million”, not $200,000. Secondly, I said in such a situation, I could, if I wanted to, step in and have an investigation. I did not say I would. I just said if—

Information & Ethics committee  Of course it's not defined. It's a discussion. I had a discussion to start an investigation. When there is a situation that gives me reason to believe that something has been done here that amounts to a conflict of interest—

Information & Ethics committee  Honestly, I don't know the answer. Do you, Lyne?

Information & Ethics committee  My colleague can answer you.

Information & Ethics committee  We can provide the—

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  Any kind of foreign influence is something that is concerning. What we do about it is a very difficult question to answer, but we would want to make sure that a decision in Canada is made by a Canadian and is not influenced by foreign factors.

Information & Ethics committee  No, it's not part of our work.

Information & Ethics committee  If somebody has a conflict of interest because he or she is being influenced by a foreign actor, of course it would be a concern to us.

Information & Ethics committee  Exactly. Thank you for your eloquence.