Welcome back, everyone.
I would like to welcome our witnesses for the second panel today.
First, we have Mr. Mario Dion as an individual. He is the former conflict of interest and ethics commissioner. From the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, we have Mr. Konrad von Finckenstein, Interim Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner.
Mr. Dion, I understand you have a brief statement that you would like to make to the committee, so we will start with you, sir. Thank you. We appreciate your coming back in order to be before the committee.
For the sake of the committee...the annual report is split between the former and current commissioners. That's why, in the absence of Mr. Dufresne today, I thought it was appropriate to have Mr. Dion speak to the committee as well.
Welcome, sir. Go ahead, please.