I understand what you are saying about the need to continue the oversight and to always keep the need for integrity in mind. In a few weeks, we are going to be receiving the report from the commissioner, who is currently following our meeting. So you should know that all your comments are very useful, especially when you constantly bring up the need for a public inquiry or say that we have to change our entire thinking, although we may not go so far as to question the finances of one party.
In Quebec, as we very well know, this has been reduced in order to avoid the perception of a conflict of interest. Conflict of interest can apply to gifts or to benefits. A benefit may also not materialize until later. Just now, I was listening to Mr. Scott, who had a lot to say. I did not let him speak.
When you offer something for free, you are expecting something in return. Actually, with technology, as we know very well, if you are not buying a product, you are the product. If you have not seen the Netflix film called The Social Dilemma, I recommend that you watch it. I watched it with my children and they asked me where we were all heading. That's why control measures are an absolute necessity.
I now have the names of countries, I have proposals. I really have everything I need to tell all my colleagues that this is urgent. We understand that there are many factors that we are not able to prove and we are still in the process of finding out who is right and who is wrong.
Let me give you the floor, Mr. Blumberg, because I don't believe you had finished just now when we were talking about countries. You were saying that Canada is far from the top of the class in terms of doing things well.