I made another recommendation, which went unheeded. It was one of the first. I suggested that some type of code of conduct be established for members of the public service, so as to allow them to determine their rights and at what point they should be able to tell these people to mind their own business. There exists no such rule at present. In certain countries, a type of charter or code protects members of the public service.
I was informed during the course of our hearings that public servants had been placed before a moral dilemma during the sponsorship scandal. Indeed, they did not know what their rights were nor beyond what stage they could refuse to follow directives that proved to be illegal.