Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Professor Greene, I'd like to ask you some questions about ethics screens that can be set up by the Ethics Commissioner, pursuant to section 29 of the act, in respect of public office holders.
At the end of your opening statement, you spoke of the importance of public confidence in the robustness of our ethics laws. In that regard, there has been some criticism of ethics screens from the standpoint of transparency, insofar as they effectively enable a public office holder to get around the reporting requirements under subsection 25(1) of the Conflict of Interest Act, which requires a public office holder to publicly report each occasion that they recuse themselves in order to avoid a conflict of interest.
I'd be interested in your thoughts.