Leslie Church at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Welcome, Mr. Cooper.

Mr. Cooper, I wanted to ask you a question that I asked the earlier witness today. That is, as you are no doubt aware, there is a code for members of Parliament—an ethics code—in addition to the Conflict of Interest Act that applies to public office holders.

I was just wondering whether or not you thought that both members and public office holders should be brought within the same standards, whether there is a usefulness to that.