Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Welcome to our committee, Mr. Conacher. It's nice to meet you.
You stated before this committee in 2020 that blind trusts should be banned—and you said so again today—as should conflict of interest screens. Some of your concerns were around potential conflicts of interest in those situations. However, in his presentation to this committee a few weeks ago, the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner expressed concern that such measures could discourage people from certain backgrounds, particularly in the private sector, from running for public office.
Do you share that concern?
I'm going to make a connection with what you said earlier. You seemed to be saying that good people who want to serve the public sector should not come from the private sector. I'd like you to tell us more about that.