Mr. Chair, one of the reasons I was very glad to come here today is to make sure the documents I presented are understood properly. It's why I wanted to appear. Therefore it's very important that I clear up any misconceptions in the readings of these documents.
The way the ethical wall is designed and will function is that any matter that touches on the Canadian aerospace manufacturing industry, areas identified by the Ethics Commissioner, the two tax policy areas identified, or any matter in which any of the companies listed on annex A as a private interest will be dealt with as the ethical wall determines.
That is not the same thing as saying that anything that is within the purview of the Department of Health is covered by the wall.
Again, I will not be the person making those decisions, but the wall is not built around departments of government. It's built around potential conflicts.