First of all, I think at the very beginning you quoted me correctly; it may not have been exact, but the sense of it is correct. I need to point out that the Office of the Ethics Commissioner has a certain range of purview relative to this matter. There are huge other kinds of issues that come up that would be quite beyond the powers given to me inside the act. So I wouldn't say that I'm in charge of confidence, period; I would say that I'm trying to enhance the confidence by doing things within my terms of reference that are appropriate in that respect.
On September 20th, 2006. See this statement in context.