Thank you, Chair.
Dr. Shapiro, thank you for your presentation and the work you have done on behalf of Canadians in initiating the Office of the Ethics Commissioner. It's been an extremely difficult task, and Canadians should be most appreciative of the efforts you've made.
I have a couple of quick questions.
One is that when you had the opportunity after the last election to review the crossing of the floor by a person who then became a minister, I can't remember the exact words you used, but they seemed similar to your concern with respect to the need for a preamble to the act, but almost in reverse, that the code provided you with the principles that may have caused some concern, but the—