Madam Speaker, I do not think anyone here would argue with the fact that people need funding to carry out their political activities.
Let us focus on the fact that the minister's actions violated the Liberals' own code of conduct. Annex B states the following:
There should be no preferential access to government, or appearance of preferential access, accorded to individuals...because they have made financial contributions to politicians and political parties.
That is exactly what we are talking about here. First of all, it was clearly against the Liberals' own code of conduct. Second of all, the minister said she attended the fundraising event organized by the law firm Torys LLP as the member for Vancouver Granville.
Can my colleague tell us what concerns and desires of the people of Vancouver Granville the minister shared with Torys LLP?