Mr. Speaker, the government is responsible. When we make bad appointments, the people know who is responsible. We cannot pass the blame to anybody else.
They are independent and when we give them an independent rule, we respect that. Just because somebody has been a member of Parliament does not mean they are disqualified. They had the honour of representing the Canadian public.
I see some members of the Reform Party. They are not all alike. I might be happy to appoint some of them some day.