Good afternoon, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Leblanc and Mr. Bergen. Thank you for being here. Thank you for your presentation.
On July 22, 2010, Mary Dawson, the federal conflict of interest and ethics commissioner, called for greater freedom to discuss her investigations. You raised this earlier when you said that just because people don't hear about investigations doesn't mean that you aren't doing anything about them or that no work is being done.
So, Ms. Dawson called for greater freedom to discuss the investigations she is conducting. Do you feel this same need to be able to freely disclose to the general public the cases you are working on? I know that you have to report to Parliament, based on what I had been told by the law clerk and parliamentary counsel of the House. You are authorized to disclose this information to Parliament. Don't you think, as Ms. Dawson does, that you should be freer to discuss these investigations?