Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister will announce new ethics rules in the hope of making the past go away.
One month before the last election, the Prime Minister knew that the sponsorship program was synonymous with inflated invoices, unjustified commissions, and mismanaged public money. He knew, and he did nothing to go after the friends of the party who were benefiting hugely from the system introduced by his government.
Will the Prime Minister admit that the most elementary rule of ethics is to denounce the worst abuses and shed light on the irregularities, not condone them?