He was a Conservative cabinet minister.
We're going over the same ground again. We have to stop this.
Again, the motion is seeking to look at public office-holders who were named by Elections Canada to be involved in a matter that includes a political party, as well, but not within our purview. That's where this matter arises from, and our work is to determine whether or not those individuals who were named by Elections Canada, who are public office-holders, in the 2006 election met the ethical standards expected of public office-holders.
There has been an amendment and a subamendment. I gave a lot of latitude to put both of those, because the members made representations that effectively they wanted to broaden this, and I wanted to allow them to have that debate.
That's where we are. But we can't keep going back three steps and starting again. We have to keep moving this forward.