In the legislation we are discussing, a very important concept is the concept of private interests. There is a conflict of interest if the conflict is with private interests.
I had determined that private interests did not include political interests. The same is not true for partisanship. There is no indication in the code or the legislation that leads me to believe that I was supposed to look after political affairs. I had to make a few decisions quite early on and I said that if I had to address political or partisan issues, the legislation or the code had to be changed. I don't think I can go beyond my mandate.