Thank you for that clarification.
Mr. Villemure's subamendment was very helpful, because this is really a question about gifts. This is an $84,000 gift.
I think it's important to re-emphasize what Mr. Blaikie said about not expecting that things are going to change any time soon. I want to offer you a quote from today from the Prime Minister. When asked about this, the Prime Minister said that he knew that, over the holidays, many Canadians stayed with friends, and he didn't see any questions about that.
That demonstrates either a disingenuous response or a complete lack of understanding of why this is an issue. It's an $84,000 gift to a sitting prime minister, a minister of the Crown.
The precision in the motion as amended to talk about both the code and the act are fine, because MP travel is not the same as ministerial or prime ministerial travel. Now that it is opened up to include both, it's fine to have that conversation, but the question is not just that the Prime Minister went somewhere. It's that he accepted an $84,000 gift. He didn't sleep on a couch at Uncle Buck's place.
I appreciate the amendments to the motion. I really don't think the seriousness of this has landed for Prime Minister Trudeau. I hope that hearing from the Ethics Commissioner will help reinforce the legal obligations that designated public office holders have with respect to the act.