Just by way of context, as I noted earlier, ISED is an organization that interacts with hundreds and in fact thousands of businesses. It has been my experience, not just at Health Canada but in all of my other ministries, that if you are dealing regularly with the business community—whether as a regulator or, in our case, as a regulator and a funder—and with management teams and their boards, typically there is often some crosswalk to people who have been a former political actor or been a former MP.
On December 11th, 2020. See this statement in context.