Mr. Speaker, there was the sponsorship scandal. Millions of dollars were spent on nothing at all. A system for diverting funds was set up by this government, and nobody has yet admitted any responsibility for the whole affair.
The Prime Minister thinks that he will wiggle out of this mess just like that by tabling draft ethics guidelines, but he is mistaken.
Does the Prime Minister not understand that there are individuals in his government who are responsible for squandering hundreds of millions of dollars in unearned commissions to cronies and that only a public inquiry will clear up this business to our satisfaction?