Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I may be sharing my time, but we'll see how far I get, if that's acceptable.
Thank you, Dr. Shapiro, for being before our committee today.
You once stated that the ultimate objective of the Office of the Ethics Commissioner is to sustain and, where possible, enhance public confidence in our system of government at the federal level and in our parliamentary institutions. I'm paraphrasing some things you've said over the years.
In a CanWest article that was published today, it was revealed that Prime Minister Stephen Harper's communications director, Sandra Buckler, along with several other members of the Prime Minister's Office, were informed of the name of a journalist, James Bronskill, who had made an access to information request to the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. If the action of the leaking of the name of a journalist, James Bronskill, contravenes the Privacy Act, I was wondering, is this behaviour ethical, and would you have the jurisdiction—