Good morning, Mr. Minister. Thank you for coming to our committee this morning. And welcome to the rest of the delegation.
I would like to ask you first about the responsibility of Treasury Board for accountability and ethics in government. I know, Minister Baird, you have spoken out quite strongly on the issue of accountability and the Federal Accountability Act, both before and after the election. I asked a question last Friday in the House about the creation of the appointments commission, a commission with real teeth to deal with government appointments. This was, of course, a campaign promise for the Conservative Party.
Does the government intend to go ahead and set up a public appointments commission?