With regard to what we prefer to call ceremonial cheques, the usage of them is covered only when a member of Parliament or parliamentarian is acting specifically on behalf of a minister as his or her designate. In that instance, it is an official Government of Canada activity where the department of that minister or the organization of that minister is supporting the member of Parliament or the parliamentarian in that event. We don't exercise an oversight over those events or initiatives that would have been organized by the parliamentarian's own volition or accord.
On November 3rd, 2009. See this statement in context.