Madam Speaker, I also want to talk about transparency.
Before the 2011 election, the government had several ministers who are still here on the other side of the House. The Conservative government told Canadians not to worry because the fighter jets would cost $10 billion. What did the previous government do to be transparent on that issue? It did not do anything special in terms of waiving cabinet confidentiality. It never waived solicitor-client privilege. It never did those things. Canadians had to wait for the Auditor General to table a report to learn the truth.
The Prime Minister has done something unprecedented, in recent history, by waiving cabinet confidentiality to allow the former attorney general to testify before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. Opposition members are still refusing to recognize that.
Last week, they wanted to hear from the former attorney general. She had the opportunity to speak before the committee, and that is what is important. That is the difference between us and the official opposition.
I want to get into the issue of the integrity framework, because it is an important issue. We have been attacked again by the opposition, which is saying that somehow we are conspiring with one company to change the integrity framework.
I have worked on the integrity framework, and we often talked about the 10-year ban on companies being allowed to bid for government contracts. I know this policy has continuously changed since 2012. I recall when the government of the day was the Harper government, and now a lot of MPs, including former cabinet ministers, now sit on the other side. At the time, the government of the day recognized that if affiliates were caught because of corrupt practices in other countries, employees in Canada should not pay the price because of that.
This is exactly what is at issue. The issue is whether employees, pensioners and shareholders pay the price because of a few corrupt individuals in a company.
I go back to my role as an MP. I would fight for those jobs any day.
Finally, I want to talk about the testimony yesterday.
This was not a question asked by members on this side of the House and it was not a question asked by the official opposition; it was a question asked by the member for Skeena—Bulkley Valley. He asked the former attorney general whether there was any illegal activity conducted in this activity, and she said no, absolutely not.
The Leader of the Opposition stood up yesterday at seven o'clock and did a big press release. He talked about interfering in the judicial process, while at the same time directing the police to investigate this particular issue, knowing full well that the former attorney general said that there was no criminal activity.
I will end my speech here, but any MP should fight for jobs. If those MPs on the other side will not fight for jobs, people can rest assured that on this side of the House, this Prime Minister and government will always fight for jobs.