Madam Speaker, I am hearing some government members say that we are complaining over nothing and that the arrival of the new Prime Minister in an old government does not change anything, despite the fact that the new Prime Minister was the head of a corporation that has interests in hundreds of companies.
Here is what I am wondering: Should everyone be allowed to go into politics? We know that there must be a separation between the legislative, executive and judicial branches, and we would not see journalists going into politics because they would have to choose between two roles. Sometimes, people have to make a choice. Today, we are seeing oligarchs around the world getting into politics. I am thinking of the crisis south of the border. I am not accusing the Prime Minister of anything, but this is something that people are wondering about: How separate should the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government be from journalism and wealth?
That is a valid question when a prime minister tells us that the government needs to promote small modular reactors to more easily extract oil in Alberta and we know that, in his blind trust, he has shares in oil and shares in Westinghouse, which manufactures these reactors.
Why should wealth be kept less separate from politics than all of the other functions that we keep separate from it?