It is very simple, Mr. Speaker. First of all every crown corporation has a mandate, a public policy, the CBC included, that this is what the organization is created to do, to implement a public policy. We could ask the proposed appointee, “How well can you fulfill this mandate? Are you the best person for the job?” We hear the testimony. We interview and listen to the witness. Then all the members of the committee, including the Liberal members, the government side, would cast a vote yea or nay. The problem today is that members on the government side do not cast a vote yea or nay. They check with the Prime Minister and ask how they shall vote. They vote according to the Prime Minister who has the majority of votes on every committee.
That is the point. We have the authority. The member for LaSalle—Émard proposes that we have more authority, just a little bit more. We have tons of authority; we just have to exercise it. We truly have to be representatives of the people who elected us. If we did that, the system would work.