Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I guess semi-congratulations are in order, because of this first step. Hopefully you'll be moving on to the second step of going to Parliament to have your appointment approved. I think you're eminently qualified for the job, according to your CV.
A little aside joke: there is a conflict of interest, as you're one of my constituents. I see from your CV you've done a lot of work in the community as well, but you didn't talk about that. I think that should be noted. It shows how well rounded you are.
The job that you might have is to enforce and provide oversight over the Conflict of Interest Code. I think anyone looking at your CV could see that you're eminently qualified. You also have to have oversight and give advice in terms of the ethics. I see you have a background in philosophy, and I think that's critical and important. We won't get into a discussion on the merits of Aquinas.
Talk to me a little bit about how you see the part of your role on ethics. That's certainly something that has had a lot of discussion of late in this town, and not just in Canada but around the world, in terms of how we balance off providing independent oversight on ethics. How do you see that part of your role?