No, okay.
One of the things I'm trying to figure out, and it doesn't affect me personally because I'm neither a parliamentary secretary nor a cabinet minister, is that 308 individuals are elected to Parliament. We're all elected to do the very best we can for our constituencies, and also to advocate for our constituents on a wide range of issues.
You probably are aware of a couple of instances lately where the commissioner has ruled, essentially saying that cabinet ministers and parliamentary secretaries, simply because they are cabinet ministers and parliamentary secretaries, can't write letters to support anything a constituent is proposing to do on a wide variety of things, even if that matter has absolutely nothing to do with the ministry in which they are involved.
If the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner is interpreting the act correctly, and I'm assuming she is doing her very best to do that, is that a fair restriction? You're a member of Parliament; you're elected to advocate; you happen to be asked by the Prime Minister to take on an additional responsibility through a ministry or as a parliamentary secretary. All of a sudden it sounds as if the interpretation is that you're really no longer a member of Parliament.
Is there a way we can have some better definition around that? Why shouldn't a minister of the crown, as a local member of Parliament, be able to write a letter in support of a constituent on a local constituency issue, or do you feel that is a reasonable restriction, that once you've been appointed to cabinet or as a parliamentary secretary, you're essentially no longer a member of Parliament?