One question I have is whether one can rely on the existing model for MP staff harassment to go through the whip. The Senate harassment policy goes through the whip. There's a question whether there could be sufficient public confidence that the whip would deal with internal matters satisfactorily. There is a question in my mind as to whether transparency can occur through a model that depends upon the party whip, or whether the party whip needs to work with, let's say, the chief human resources officer or a commissioner, and so on, in tandem, or whether that should be taken completely out of the whip's purview.
On February 23rd, 2015. See this statement in context.