Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister, for being here.
All MPs—backbench MPs, opposition MPs, parliamentary secretaries and ministers—have forms that they need to fill out for the Ethics Commissioner. Can you talk about what is required of a minister? You've been a PS as well. Talk about the strict requirements of a minister.
You talked, in your opening statement, of taking the necessary steps under the Conflict of Interest Act. You talked about some of those steps. I tried really hard to pay attention and follow, but there were so many interruptions. I'm going to ask you if you could outline.... I've never been a minister, and probably never will be a minister, but I'd like to know a little bit about that higher level of scrutiny you undergo, which, perhaps I and other members of this committee don't.