Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague is absolutely right when he talks about consequences. What was the penalty that the first public works minister had to pay for his breaches? He was made the ambassador to Denmark. That was the consequence. What happened to the second public works minister when he ran into an ethical problem? He was not fired, he was shuffled into his old cabinet position. What happened with the defence minister? It was only after newspaper reports that he became a political liability and was let go. Consequences seldom happen in any way that are damaging to the person who is guilty. They only do when the government itself starts to run into political problems.
In the House of Commons on June 6th, 2002. See this statement in context.