Good afternoon. I now call to order the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics. Today's order of the day is pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the study of the Mulroney Airbus settlement.
Our first witness is Mr. Norman Spector, former secretary to the cabinet for federal-provincial relations from August 1986 to 1990, when he became chief of staff to then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. In 1992, he was appointed ambassador of Canada to Israel and high commissioner to Cyprus. In August 1995, he returned to Canada when he was appointed by then Prime Minister Jean Chrétien as president of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.
Good afternoon, Mr. Spector.