Thank you, Chair, and thank you, Commissioner, for this opportunity.
I was tuned into CPAC the night both you and Mr. Wilson were at the Senate. That generated some interest in the media as well, partly because if you took isolated comments out of the larger context, you would come away with the idea that both of you were quite critical of Bill C-2 in many areas.
I don't know if it was you or Mr. Wilson who said that by putting what is now the code for public office holders into legislation, it actually becomes more weakened as it becomes more rigid. That may have been attributed to Mr. Wilson and not you, but that was certainly the tone.
I guess I'd like you to explain that a little bit more, because elsewhere in your testimony you did admit that you liked aspects of Bill C-2 that expanded the code to the 2,400 part-time appointees, etc. So do you feel that the shortcoming is enough that it warrants amendment? Are you critical to the point at which you think you're better off under the current regime than what is being proposed under Bill C-2? I suppose that is the question.