Mr. Speaker, I may have missed the answer. I was looking for a yes or no. The point is the scrutiny seems to include Liberal credentials because the Liberals continue the old-fashioned discredited practice of feeding their friends lucrative government posts. In so doing they denigrate our public institutions.
Let me remind the minister that the appearance of conflict of interest is against the current code of conduct of public office holders. My question is simple. Did he know this appointment was against the conflict of interest code?