Mr. Speaker, I would like to agree with the government House leader that this is perhaps not the most fruitful topic we could spend an entire day debating, but that said, I agree with the motion in that the appearance of a conflict of interest is as important as any real conflict.
Whether the Minister of Justice followed the rules exactly or had the blessing of the Ethics Commissioner after the fact does not really measures up to the fact that we would not be talking about this issue today if there were not a pretty strong appearance of conflict of interest.
Does the government House leader agree that the Conflict of Interest Act needs to be reviewed and more strongly incorporate this concept of the appearance of a conflict of interest?