Information & Ethics committee  Normally we would consult with Treasury Board before we--

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  And the Speaker has, of course.

Information & Ethics committee  Nil. I mean, we're into the year already.

Information & Ethics committee  An inducement might well be a gift. If somebody gives you $100 to do something, it's an inducement, but it's also a gift. By using the word “inducement”, you're suggesting there's something wrong with it, that there probably is a conflict situation, but....

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, it would be the MPs' code for that.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, although—

Information & Ethics committee  It depends on what kinds of active files you're talking about. All our MPs have an active file in a sense, so we have three hundred and whatever it is.

Information & Ethics committee  It's a double-edged sword. You don't want to have a situation where everybody's doing bad things that need to come in complaints to you.

Information & Ethics committee  And hopefully the act—

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. The act or the code is the code you're supposed to follow. In my experience, MPs are pretty honourable people, generally.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm going to let my new and wonderful corporate director take some of these detailed questions.

Information & Ethics committee  No. There are very few things I can talk about when it comes to my—

Information & Ethics committee  We don't get a huge number of complaints.

Information & Ethics committee  In a word, no, I don't think so. My mandate generally covers issues relating to conflict of interest. It is a fairly narrow mandate.