Mr. Speaker, we would have hoped for a bit more courage from a government that talks about transparency and that always finds itself mired in scandals and perceived conflicts of interest.
This is not the Conservative government's only problem, as we can see in the case of the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs.
After exceeding electoral financing limits by thousands of dollars, and having had to negotiate an unusual agreement with an airline company to avoid further violations of the Elections Act, the minister continues to refuse to rise in the House and provide a better explanation than, he did it once and he would never do it again.
Can the minister justify election campaign overspending and explain why his official agent was rewarded with a job?