Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, this is a process I am sure that none of us wanted to be in to begin with, but it is a process that we are ultimately stuck with. The Minister of Health and Social Services made a very serious allegation, by which a process was started. At the last minute, she pulled her conflict of interest allegation and still alleges that the Conflict of Interest Commissioner is still biased, by which she is saying the institution of this government and the people that we hire to run these institutions are biased.

If we do not agree with continuing the process to have some closure to this, we are endorsing the Minister's allegations that the Conflict of Interest Commissioner that sits there to work with us is biased.

I personally have a good working relationship with the Conflict of Interest Commissioner. I personally do not want to call her biased as well.

As a government, we are engaged in some major undertakings. Our main goal will be devolution and royalty revenue sharing. What kind of society would endorse a government that they perceive as a government that covers up because they may have something that they do not want to reveal. I do not think there will be a society on earth that would want to do that.

You look at Indonesia. Just on a basis of allegations, they want to impeach their president. He is gone. Here, we just elevated this issue again to a higher level than it was this morning. By not endorsing recommendation 3 that is in discussion right now, we might as well go in the hallway, grab a broom and act as if we are brushing the dust under that polar bear rug that is sitting in front of the mace.

There needs to be some closure to this process. Those who want to go outside of the Legislature and hire an independent person, it is a good idea, but would they have the mandate to do that? Will we give them a mandate and all the materials that have been collected to date? I am not sure that we can do that. I am not even sure that we can do it tonight.

We are not only asked to deal with this issue, we are asked to deal with it tonight, which gives us very little time. The issue is still out there and we have to resolve that issue. The institutions of our government are in question right now and I for one would like those questions answered.

I will endorse the recommendation. I will endorse the motion. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.