Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Ms. Dawson, in your report you state that you do not have the mandate to resolve all ethical issues. As a new member of Parliament, I must say that your answers leave me somewhat confused. I do not feel that you have much of a role to play in terms of ethics. You hold the title, but the act does not contain the powers needed for you to fulfil your mandate as the ethics commissioner. I feel that I must come back to this issue because it would be important to rectify the situation. Earlier, my colleague asked you whether you had any recommendations to make in order to strengthen the act and clarify your mandate. This is something that is clearly addressed in your report. I am a bit confused when I hear you speak, even though I understand that you are not in an easy situation.
My second comment is on the post-employment. How can you carry out your mandate? It must be almost impossible to assess whether people are meeting their post-employment ethical obligations. What we have is wishful thinking, especially given the staff rotation in senior positions. It all becomes extremely complicated. I am wondering whether you have sufficient staff to carry out that work. Monitoring has to cover all public office holders in order to ensure that they meet their post-employment obligations, but I doubt that you can carry out that part of your mandate.