Mr. Speaker, our government takes these allegations very seriously.
We are a government that prides itself on accountability and on ethics. That is why we strengthened the powers and responsibilities of those arm's-length agencies that are charged with investigating such matters.
The Minister of Natural Resources continues to cooperate fully with the ethics commissioner. The minister is following and will follow the ruling and guidance of the commissioner.
This issue is being examined by the ethics commissioner, and therefore it would be inappropriate for me to comment.