Mr. Speaker, from the comments made in the course of the debate today I take it there is recognition, given the process being established by the legislation, that there needs to be as a part of the process a tribunal to adjudicate upon disputes and alleged offences.
The whole purpose of establishing such a tribunal as a quasi-judicial body is to remove the adjudicative procedure from my office, which is a political office, and to put it in the hands of a body, an organization or a tribunal that can be at arm's length and not influenced by the day to day flow of political events. The whole reason for having a quasi-judicial tribunal assume that responsibility is to separate responsibility from any kind of appearance of political interference. I would think my hon. friends in the Reform Party would agree there ought to be that arm's length relationship and in fact that the functioning of this kind of tribunal should not be subject to day to day political considerations.
Finally, I would point out, as my friend from Prince Albert did earlier today, if there is a concern about a decision rendered by the adjudicative tribunal, it can in fact be appealed to the Federal Court of Canada.