Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for her comments and her enthusiasm.
One aspect of the bill that does concern me is the board appointments. Board appointments are made in such a manner that I do not think the best talent is on those boards to do the job that this corporation should do.
As we are talking about fixing up the corporation with these amendments, it strikes me that if I were to hire my wife to work in my office there would be some comments on that. If I were to hire someone who supported me in my political campaign, there would be some eyes raised about that too. However when we look at these patronage appointments, we see those who are being looked after. It is like in the family. If a person runs in an election for the governing party and loses it is almost like he or she wins anyway.
Does the member not believe that there are highly motivated, highly talented Canadians who have made a success of their own lives, who would like to commit a part of their lives to public service and who would do a wonderful job of using their expertise in crown corporations such as this and avoid the criticism that I am offering, not only to this government, because it is a way of life and--