During the last Parliament the issue was raised before this committee that Dr. Shapiro was going to take the position that the information we obtained from spouses, common-law partners, or dependents would be used only for the purposes of advising the member. The initial intention was not to disclose it.
The committee members reviewed what had been done in the formulation of the member of Parliament code, and it was the intent, as expressed to us at that time, that they wanted disclosure of spouses, common-law partners, and dependants. As a consequence of that discussion from this committee, we disclosed fully on spouses and dependants.