Mr. Chairman, I'm going to try and answer those questions.
To my knowledge -- and here I'm referring to Mr. Alexander's and my branch -- there is no such well-established practice. Your comments relate to exchanges between politicians. Personally, I am not aware of the details. I believe Mr. Alexander said that he was not aware of them either. So, I really can't comment on that.
In terms of complaints, of course we are aware of cases brought to our attention, including the one reported that involved Mr. Rowat and others, such as Mr. Eggleton. Indeed, we acted quickly as soon as we learned there was an alleged violation. We issued an implementation report in 1999. That was how we responded.
I don't recall our mentioning specifically that there were five cases; however, we did say there had been a handful.