Mr. Speaker, when the Liberals came to power in 1993, the Prime Minister made a commitment to high ethical standards that would guarantee the integrity of his government.
On November 6, 1996 he said: "I have guidelines for ministerial conduct which have been transmitted to the ministers. They have read them and they follow them".
We are wondering what kind of ethical guidelines would allow denial of the broken GST promise, political interference in the Somalia inquiry, the use of the justice department for a political witch hunt and the stonewalling of the inquiry into tainted blood.
Do any of these activities violate the Prime Minister's ethical standards, or by his standards are all these activities ethically acceptable?