Mr. Speaker, I, too, would rather have talked about this government's $30-billion deficit and its changes to the tax system, which will cost $1.7 billion.
However, the reason we are talking about something else is that the Minister of Justice violated her own government's code of conduct.
How can a member defend a minister, the Minister of Justice, to be precise, who broke the rules and charged lawyers $500 for a chance to talk to her?