Mr. Speaker, maybe we could look at some NDP logic here, although I am not really sure that those two words fit into the same sentence.
In an interview with the Hill Times, the member said regarding the 2005 fundraiser that even as an opposition critic, a member of Parliament must keep a distance from stakeholders who could lobby on the prospect that the opposition critic could become the cabinet minister. That is what he said. It is very interesting, because according to the Elections Canada website, he accepted $250 from the Canadian Association of Broadcasters. Clearly, he did not believe that the NDP could possibly form the government or that he could possibly become a cabinet minister. If he had believed he could have become a cabinet minister, why would he have accepted the $250?
It is deeply regrettable. The reason that good people in Canada do not come to this place is because of those kinds of tawdry attacks.