I don't agree that the appearance of conflict should be ignored. I'll tie it back to what I said a second ago. Whether it is something that should subject somebody to imprisonment or a harsh penalty is a different story.
The reality is that one of the reasons we have this act and the codes before it is that there was an understanding not just that there must be integrity in our national public institutions, but that Canadians must be able to have confidence that there is integrity. Perception is not just window dressing. Perception is substantively important to the future of our institutions because public confidence is essential to their continuation.