I have no reason to recuse myself, Mr. Rodriguez. As you know, and I am not being partisan, there is a time and a place for questioning a minister's activities and behaviour. However, to my mind, it is neither necessary, nor in the interests of taxpayers, for the minister to recuse himself whenever somebody plants the seeds of suspicion at a press conference or in a press release in spite of the fact that the minister is conducting himself with absolute integrity and professionalism.
As you know, Mr. Rodriguez, the Federal Accountability Act provides public servants with extremely useful tools. Now public servants who witness wrongdoing by a minister or his employees are comfortable blowing the whistle. I think that the act provides enough protection to reassure you and everybody else.