Within the bounds of my responsibility, Chair, of course I will co-operate with the Ethics Commissioner, as I would assert I did a year ago in relation to the previous issue.
The committee will recall that the government itself had given a waiver of many of the cabinet confidences. I indicated to the Ethics Commissioner that, in my judgment, there had been no demonstration of a greater public interest to weigh the cabinet confidences and invited him to follow up with specific requirements that he might have, and the Ethics Commissioner engaged in no further follow-up.
I will absolutely co-operate with the Ethics Commissioner within the bounds of my responsibilities as the secretary to the cabinet.