Mr. Speaker, the facts are very clear.
Mr. Wright acted inappropriately, and for that reason, I very clearly explained to him that he no longer worked for me.
Mr. Wright is no longer on the public payroll. That was the appropriate action.
We continue to have senators who took tens of thousands—in sum total, hundreds of thousands—of dollars of inappropriate expenditures. They should be removed from the public payroll by the Senate of Canada.