Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Dr. Greene, thank you for being with us today, and thank you for acknowledging, I think, the shared fond memories we have of being at two great institutions in Canada, the University of Alberta and the University of Toronto, which are also my alma maters.
I think it's significant that Parliament enumerated, within the objectives of the Conflict of Interest Act, that the very purpose of the act included an objective to, “(d) encourage experienced and competent persons to seek and accept public office; and (e) facilitate interchange between the private and public sector.”
Can you talk a little about why you think those objectives might be an important piece to the framework that we're discussing today?