Yes. Then it depends on whether your particular mandate as a parliamentary secretary touches upon something specific. You can't give preferential treatment to your constituents over other Canadians, basically, but you definitely have the obligation to bring forward the concerns and the desires of your constituents. For a minister—and I'm not sure how often this occurs for the parliamentary secretary—if you're making a decision, a choice, you can't give preferential treatment to your constituent. That's the sort of thing that you just have to watch for.
This business about meals and things depends on the circumstances. I know that members have no end of things they go to and people they see. There's nothing wrong with that. It's just that if there's somebody who has a bee in their bonnet about something the government's going to be dealing with, you have to be a bit careful, especially if you're voting. It doesn't happen very often.
