They are exactly germane to the motion, Mr. Chair. What Mr. Barrett is trying to bring forward are the family ties of the Prime Minister, which are not covered by the ethics act, by the way. I have serious issues with the relationship between Mr. Ballingall and Mr. O'Toole, and with his policy to defund the CBC. Perhaps a better use of time for the ethics committee would be looking at that particular issue. I hope that in the matter of transparency, my colleagues on the Conservative side would want to take a look at that.
If the media and the Conservative Party are in cahoots, then I have an issue with that. If they are lobbying to defund certain—