Thanks, Chair.
Thank you, Commissioner, for joining us today.
I will start by saying that I appreciate the volume of work you've had to undertake since you last appeared before the committee. While I do have a lot of questions that I would like to ask as a matter of context on any of the number of reports you've undertaken with respect to public office holders, particularly cabinet members, including the now former finance minister and the Prime Minister a couple of times, I'm going to focus my first questions on the “Trudeau III Report”, the third report into allegations that the Prime Minister broke the Conflict of Interest Act.
My first question is with respect to the actual process you undertook in the report. I note that a few individuals—Rick Theis, who's a policy and cabinet affairs adviser in the Prime Minister’s Office, and Amitpal Singh as well—were interviewed by you when you did your report. I wonder if these individuals volunteered or were requested to provide a virtual, in place of a face-to-face, interview with your office.