Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Shugart, I want to quote something. It's from the National Post, so my Conservative colleagues can avoid saying that I'm biased here in citing the quotation. It's attributed to you. I just want to read it to you and you can confirm whether or not you said it. It's from a 2019 piece around the time you were appointed Clerk of the Privy Council. It says that speaking to a parliamentary committee last June, you also provided some perspective on your role as a public servant. Then here's the quotation:
“Under both (Harper and Trudeau) governments I have personally had the experience many times of giving ministers unwelcome advice and welcome advice, good news and bad,” he said. “That is our responsibility....”
Mr. Shugart, I ask this question because of what has been accused by Mr. Poilievre. First of all, did you say that? Is that quote accurate?