Thank you very much.
Just to put a cap on the discussion we've had so far, which leads into why I think this motion is important, Mr. Clark has talked about the benefits of public service. I would, in principle, agree about the importance of public service, but if you look at the facts here, you see that Mr. Clark has been appointed twice to important positions by Minister Joly. In the first case, he was in a position to recommend an appointment for someone whose company employed at least one member of his family. In another case, he was able to have the benefit of this purchase of a $9-million condo on Billionaires' Row.
When he was a national journalist, a member of his immediate family was, simultaneously, a senior important member of the Liberal campaign. He's professed his non-partisanship, but we do see that a member of his immediate family had a senior role in the Liberal campaign in 2011, and that would seem to at least be something that would have been of interest to the public. These are things—benefits, opportunities—that are not normally associated with public service.
Mr. Chair, we have identified the fact that Mr. Clark received appointments from Minister Joly in different portfolios not once but twice. The government has made various claims about the purchase of this property that are highly suspect, claims about who was involved and who wasn't involved, and the buck has to stop somewhere. We think the buck has to stop with the minister, which is why we are proposing that Minister Joly appear before the committee to answer questions about this issue.
Moreover, Chair, I want to point out that Minister Joly is, of course, a prominent member of the government—