Thank you very much, Chair, and thank you to the commissioner.
Congratulations, officially and on the record, for your permanent appointment. The term is seven years, I believe, and certainly that continuity is important.
I find the Liberals' line of questioning interesting. It seems like they're auditioning to be in the official opposition, when it's their record that.... It's their Prime Minister who was twice convicted of breaching the Conflict of Interest Act. It's cabinet ministers and members of their party who have broken and been found guilty of breaking the act.
The Liberals' top pollster, Don Guy, lobbies the government. We're not talking about somebody who has lobbied the opposition, but their top pollster, the one who's giving them the information, lobbies the government for dollars. I can tell you that's certainly concerning to me.
Former Liberal cabinet minister Navdeep Bains was responsible for regulating telcos and then got a VP position at one of the highly regulated national telcos in our country. I can tell you that it is quite something to hear these Liberals equivocate on such matters.
Commissioner, we heard pretty specifically from your predecessor that training was an issue. You outlined a few of the efforts you're undertaking to make sure that resources are available to MPs and others who have responsibilities under the act. I want to ask what the response is to those training materials.
A follow-up question is in the context of you and your team's availability to answer questions, to speak with those who have obligations under the act and to answer questions to make sure that those who have obligations can understand exactly what those are.
First, can you outline a bit more about what training opportunities you're providing? I believe the former commissioner said that there should be a mandatory retraining course, so I want to ask you about some of those resources. Then could you outline what the response is? Could you provide information about the number of MPs and others who are subject to the act who are reaching out to your office? If you could, explain, both to this committee and to Canadians watching, the resources that are available to make sure that those who have obligations have the information required to make sure they don't break the rules.