Mr. Speaker, when the people of Canada turfed the previous Conservative government in 1993 they did so because they wanted to trust their government again. Some voted Liberal because of the red book promises which headlined: "Honesty and integrity in our political institutions must be restored". It seems that the implementation of the red book promises has been directed more to improving damage control procedures than to actually insisting on integrity among ministers.
Because of his close association with the Prime Minister, even the ethics counsellor is viewed as part of the damage control team.
Will the Prime Minister set the ethics counsellor free so that he can do the job Canadians expect him to do for them instead of merely being another mouthpiece of the Prime Minister and his government?