The MPs are not prohibited from owning a business or conducting business. Ministers and parliamentary secretaries are strictly forbidden to do so, unless I allow for an exception. I can do so for a non-profit or charitable organization. However, those are the only types of businesses they can be connected to.
In fact, I have made a recommendation for the requirement to be changed and to have a test to determine whether there is a conflict of interest. It seems that this committee has agreed with the recommendation or has made the same one. It also seems that the government has agreed with that. This is one of several recommendations I have made that the committee has accepted. I have suggested that we change this rule that imposes an absolute prohibition on participation in those types of businesses.