Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'll direct my question through you, Mr. Chair, to our witnesses today.
I noted that this committee's recommendations back in May of 2005, prior to the establishment of a panel, specifically mentioned at that time the three commissioners who fell within the mandate. Specifically included were the Information, Privacy, and Ethics Commissioners. At that time the recommendation was to use the Board of Internal Economy as the forum for this.
Some time between May of 2005 and the fall of 2005, when the first meetings of the panel were developed, changes were made. We now have five offices, in fact, that would appear before this independent thirteen-member panel, but the Ethics Commissioner stayed with the Board of Internal Economy.
Could you tell us a little about what transpired in going from the initial model that this committee contemplated to where we ended up, and--to go back to Mr. Peterson's point--could you reiterate again why the Ethics Commissioner's reviews are still with the board, rather than with the panel? Could you address that again?
Thank you.