Mr. Speaker, I do have a lot to say on this particular issue, but let us be very clear at the onset. It is important to recognize that when we talk about ethical standards, if I can put it that way, Canada has some of the most, if not the most, stringent rules in place, which have been in place now for quite a while. When we think of the current Prime Minister, look at it from this perspective. He has not only met but exceeded the requirements under those ethics guidelines, and he will continue to do so.
Having said that, let us do a bit of a reflection, in terms of what the Conservative Party has focused so much of its attention on. I have always said that it is character assassination. We saw a great demonstration of that just now. Brookfield is a $100-billion or $200-billion company. I suspect that it has investments in a lot of things. At the end of the day, some of the investors sit in the Conservative caucus. They might have sold off since they have been called out on it, like the deputy leader of the Conservative caucus. There are a number of Conservatives who actually have investments in Brookfield. If we were to start to ask about this and that, and put on the tin hats, I am sure we could come up with some pretty mischievous behaviour coming from the Conservative Party of Canada. There is a whole pile of them who have questionable ethics in terms of the conflict potential that is out there.
In fairness, I am not a Conservative. I am not a conspiracy theorist believing that everything is a conspiracy in order to try to justify some sort of a statement, when we know full well that the Prime Minister has done everything that is required of him and has actually exceeded that. It does not stop the Conservatives, because they know they can score some political cheap shots that are unjustified and completely unfounded. By spreading this, they believe that they can convince people that there is some sort of real corruption that is there. There is not.
That is what we see coming from the Conservative Party when I talk about character assassination. To the Prime Minister's credit, he has not allowed that to be a distraction as he continues to build and work toward building Canada strong. The Prime Minister, as is this government, is focused on what we can do in order to enhance the lives of Canadians in every region. A part of that agenda is one of the reasons we have a Prime Minister who has been doing a great deal of travelling, ensuring that we can break down barriers and open up doors so that we can have more countries to have trade with, literally billions of dollars of potential commitments coming in as a direct result of the Prime Minister's actions, not to mention the budget, which is there to support things like our military, infrastructure and Canadians as a whole, in terms of programs.
These are all things that are positive and that are happening, primarily because, no matter how focused the Conservatives are on themselves and on wanting to have and participate in character assassination of the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister has resisted that and has focused on serving Canadians. That is something I believe he is going to continue to do, because we have a very straightforward goal, and that is to build Canada strong, to build Canada to become the strongest nation of the G7, and to provide hope for Canadians.