Thank you, Madam Chair.
I'm not going to reiterate most of the comments that Mr. Del Mastro made. He articulated my position on that quite well.
I do think it's ironic that we just had the Ethics Commissioner here for an hour and a half, and the NDP members didn't ask one question about this matter to the commissioner when she was here, to perhaps get some guidance and advice as to whether or not this is even a matter that would be dealt with appropriately there.
I agree that it is far better to deal with this issue, if there is an issue, through the public accounts committee. That's where the minister has agreed to go. That's the appropriate place for it. Dealing with it here is not appropriate. As I said, I think it's quite interesting that we had the commissioner here and my friends across the table didn't ask one single question about this issue when she was here.
We should not be dealing with it here, Madam Chair.