Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague from the NDP for making some rational, practical points around this important issue of the need to have greater transparency and democracy in appointing people to boards, commissions and crown corporations. Members of the Bloc have done a good thing in bringing this motion forward.
People who work for the federal public service are under employment equity rules to ensure that the workforce of the civil service is representative of qualified people in Canada in terms of visible minorities, women, and people with disabilities. However we see powerful people being appointed to influential positions without any consideration given other than their political partisanship.
Does the member believe that we should be applying some of those principles to these influential appointments?