That being said, you went on to participate in votes in the House related to Alto. You went on to introduce a bill that included measures specifically related to Alto. It was the implementation legislation for the High-Speed Rail Network Act. There's no recusal publicly posted with respect to cabinet decisions or discussions, so we're left to understand that you didn't recuse yourself.
You've said to us today that you're operating with a keen eye to follow all the ethical rules and guidelines and even to exceed them. If that's the case, and you were of the view in September that a conflict would exist if you participated in decisions, discussions or votes in spite of the response from the Ethics Commissioner, why did you proceed to do the very thing you had said that you—not the Ethics Commissioner—believed would create a conflict?