Mr. Speaker, I wish to address a comment to my hon. colleague from the Liberal Party.
At present, public servants do have to pledge allegiance to Canada. The fact that this is an oath of confidentiality causes a lot of problems, in particular as far as denouncing wrongdoing and harassment are concerned.
I do not know if the member is aware of that, but in every case of harassment being investigated internally by Treasury Board, people hesitate to speak out because of the fear to lose their job.
I wonder if the member opposite knows that and if he has a substitute to this famous oath.