Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for his question.
The Prime Minister's own document says:
“This is an obligation that is not fully discharged by simply acting within the law.”
The Prime Minister's own document says that it is not sufficient to act within the rules, but that it has to be seen as acting further than that. That brings in an ethical element.
The Liberal Party member opposite seemed very defensive. As a matter of fact, those backbench MPs do not know, and in fact none of us do. So the best thing the government could do is to follow the advice of the NDP, and of course the Conservatives, and give these things to an independent process that could look at, investigate, and rule on these things in a way that is fair, impartial and, for the most part, respectful of this institution.
I appreciate the member's question. I just hope that we see Liberal members deciding that better is always possible as well.