Mr. Speaker, what a difference a few years makes. Let me quote a former Prime Minister who was Leader of the Opposition at the time. Turner said “The government's vigorous defence of the embattled minister made a mockery of public ethics. A minister has a duty and a burden of proof to show that what he is doing is beyond reproach”. The Liberal leader also said “This is a question of ethics, a question of honesty and is a question of deportment in public affairs”.
Let me ask the Deputy Prime Minister, has his government changed its standards from when it was in opposition? Why have the Liberals changed their standards? Why will—