It is true. It was in the paper. It is absolutely true: "Either you do this, sell them for this amount, or else. That is the law. Those are the rules".
I heard from across the way that it was necessary that this system continue, that it would not matter. It would be necessary that Mr. Mulroney's example of appointing his wife's hairdresser to the board of the FBDB, that kind of stuff must continue. I do not think so. It was said that the number of appointees while shrinking, it is still necessary to continue. I do not think so.
An ethical standard should be made and the argument has been made here today on two things: a different vision of Canada or it does not have to be this way. This bill is not the answer to fix a patronage system which I think Canadians find offensive.