Mr. Speaker, I appreciated the intervention by my colleague, who I miss on the industry committee. It is important that he was part of the SDTC's original examination. I will give him credit for that.
I want to ask him about some of the problems we have with the appointment processes and transparency. Will the Conservative Party support changing the current practice of making these appointments? Bruce Carson, who was appointed by Stephen Harper, was caught and charged for influence peddling. There was Arthur Porter, who Prime Minister Harper also appointed. He actually fled to Panama and sadly passed away there while awaiting extradition. There has been a litany of appointments, by both the Liberals and the Conservatives, for which we still see no transparency.
Does the member agree that these documents and the reason people are appointed should be more transparent and that the documents should not be redacted so much? Then all of Parliament and Canada could see that someone will work on behalf of the taxpayers and government when they are appointed by a person in power, like the Prime Minister.