Mr. Speaker, it is nice to see you in the chair this afternoon. I appreciate what you do.
Some of us are a little bit longer in the tooth. The hon. member is my colleague both by profession and as an MP, and he might remember the Gomery commission, as I do. I think we spent considerable time talking about the lost $40 million, until finally the media paid attention and there was the Gomery commission. However, the present issue is many more times significant than that. It involves many more dollars, and it is about not only this one instance, but many.
My colleague knows the history. He is an ethical gentleman and believes in honesty. How would he respond to the question of the significance of the amount of money that we are talking about with the current issue?