Mr. Speaker, I would say to the member opposite that the cases he has cited became known and were dealt with because of our system.
Even the rumours, which he admitted were rumours, possibly true, possibly not, are in the public domain. Not only are they in whatever newspapers he reads but here in the House of Commons in a debate on the funding of our electoral system. I think the member should be very careful about this, but to me that is a part of the system about which we are all so proud.
Human beings are fallible. NDP governments are fallible. If an NDP government has concerns about bingo funds, I have heard talk that the Reform Party is considering a bingo parlour here in the national capital region. I see it in the media but I do not jump to conclusion and ban bingos all over the country. I look at the case. In the election system there are mechanisms for looking at those cases. That is the best we can do. Next year or the year after it might be something that the member has not anticipated.
What you need is the mechanism for dealing with it, not something which is so intricate that every one of these things is dealt with immediately.