Because again, as detailed in our release last week, the definition of private interest that has been kept in the act defines virtually 95% of what ministers do as not a private interest. Therefore, you can't have a conflict of interest when you're dealing with things. It's an exemption that was added by Paul Martin when he was Prime Minister. It's an exemption that means that a finance minister can own $1 million worth of stock in a bank and still be responsible for changing the Bank Act, because private interest does not include what is a matter of general application. The Bank Act is a matter of general application, as is most everything that ministers deal with. This is specifically what the promise was aimed at, I believe, given that I was consulted on the development of the promise.
On May 30th, 2006. See this statement in context.