Mr. Speaker, integrity is missing; the perception of it is missing. This is not the first time the Reform Party has asked for the ethics counsellor to investigate issues on behalf of Canadians. Every time we get the answer no. It seems the Prime Minister is only willing to unleash his ethics lap dog when it is suitable to the government.
If the government is unwilling to let the ethics counsellor investigate in matters of public contracts, why should Canadians have any trust at all in the ethics counsellor of the lobbyists act?