Thank you, Chair.
You know, again, I find it really telling that all of a sudden there are big whispers and potential disruptions in this committee. It's because they don't want to hear what I have to say. They don't want to study, as we have tried to do with the help of the Bloc and with the help of the NDP, all these issues in a very non-partisan way, to say that we have an issue with the Conflict of Interest Act, potentially.
We have a way here in this committee to review that act based on the kinds of transactions that have happened in the past, whether by Conservatives or anyone else, yet, as Mr. Villemure said, I have sat on this committee year after year, listening to a whole bunch of hay and not getting any work—any work—done.
How many reports have we really tabled so far, Mr. Chair? That, I think, is really unfortunate, because there is a lot of good work that needs to be done in this committee. Mr. Cooper outlined it himself. We need to study the Conflict of Interest Act and what is violating that Conflict of Interest Act. If there are members on that side who are in clear violation, as reported, then we need to study that too. It can't just be this minister or that minister or that PM, calling them names every single day—to what objective? If we are really trying to do something here and if we are really trying to make positive change to better protect taxpayer dollars and to have a better Conflict of Interest Act that suits the needs of taxpayers and Canadians, then open it up. Have that non-partisan conversation.
Why is it that we always have to insert politics and be toxic? I have received so much of that toxicity, whether through Facebook, live videos—