Yes, that's fine. I have no problem with conducting these inquiries and examinations privately, but there has to be a ruling at the end. There are 83 situations that were complained about or that the Ethics Commissioner became aware of in the last five years, and we don't know what she did with any of them or why, except that she rejected them. We don't know whether she's done her job, as a result.
Officers of Parliament are watchdogs. They're czars in a way, and they can't be unaccountable czars. They have to be accountable still, to show that they're actually doing what they're doing. That's why we need more transparency—