No? That's a little fun to begin with here. You can smile here.
Conservatives agree directionally that of course we need national projects built. We need the elimination of interprovincial trade barriers. In fact, over the last 10 years, the old Liberal government was very much against that, we felt. We are glad that the new government appears to be at least open directionally, but we do have some concerns, particularly on the ethics, accountability and transparency side.
I'll start by referencing proposed sections 21, 22, and 23 of the building Canada act. Together, when these are combined, they have the ability to give a minister the ability to exempt any national project from any piece of legislation passed since 1867, with the exception of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Given that, and given the fact that the Prime Minister worked for one of the largest constructors and manufacturers of national projects of infrastructure in Canada—and perhaps in the world—at Brookfield, could you please identify to us the screens that will be put in place to make sure that we don't have conflicts of interest or other lobbying concerns?