Again, from a technical perspective, what Bill C-2 does in setting up the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner is provide an avenue for members of the public to make a complaint with respect to the Conflict of Interest Act and whether or not a public office-holder has violated the provisions of that act. The member of Parliament is integral to that process in that the member of the public would have to make the complaint to the member of Parliament, who then has to determine whether that complaint has been made in good faith and is reasonable. Then the MP would make that complaint to the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner. That is the mechanism that has been chosen.
On May 4th, 2006. See this statement in context.