Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Deputy Prime Minister.
I share the concern of the Deputy Prime Minister and the Prime Minister, politics and politicians should not be dragged through the mud any more than they have to be, but surely the government has some responsibility in this as well.
When we see the behaviour of companies like Lafleur, Groupaction and Gosselin steering federal cash in inappropriate directions and the ethics counsellor acting as a kind of coach and spin doctor for the Prime Minister, surely the Deputy Prime Minister can see that something needs to happen here.
Is it not time that the position of the ethics counsellor evolved beyond what it is now so that the position itself is not open to attack?