Chair, you know, I'm still finding my feet in this committee. However, from what I heard today, and in the time I've had to review previous testimony, the work this committee has done and the clarification that....
Indeed, the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner has reviewed this matter. May I say that this is an independent commissioner? The commissioner is not there to score political points. The commissioner is there to review the facts and interview the person in question. The commissioner acts under a law we put in place here in Parliament to deal with these very issues of conflict of interest, either with MPs or ministers.
It's not once or twice: It's three times that this commissioner has come back with a conclusion, letter or report saying that this allegation does not stand up under scrutiny.
I think this will be interesting. I know it's coming up in a different study, but given that it's part of the mandate of this committee to review the commissioner's work, we can have a better understanding. I think it was Mr. Green who was questioning the quality of the commissioner's work and what he can and can't do, and so on and so forth.
I don't know. If we start having a court of—