Madam, honourable member, if you will, thank you very much for your question.
Madam Chair, as I said earlier, I am a person from the private sector who has been asked by the Prime Minister to do a job. All of the processes of Bill C-2 and of clause 228 of it, which specifically refers to a Public Appointments Commission, are things that are part of public policy and part of the acts of government.
When the Prime Minister asked me to do this job I had enough confidence that the House would pass the bill to say it was worth my while getting started and accepting the position. Of course, should that not happen, then we all know the commission will not actually take place.
There is a lot of history in Parliament, and I have some understanding of this history. With new government initiatives, at times things are started to get things going, and that is not a precedent.