Thank you, Madam Chair.
Mr. Morgan, welcome to life in this fish bowl here.
The one thing that concerns me a little bit is the direction of some of the questions here today. Of course we understand it's important to delve into the type of individual we are interviewing, the character, the capacity, the intelligence, the relative experience. Might I suggest that we could possibly even take some guidance from a past member of this committee who, in our last government operations meeting--Mr. Szabo, a member of the opposition right across from us--said that when we interview Mr. Gwyn Morgan we should understand that what's really, really important is sticking to the facts, the capability, the competence, and the ability to do the job. I thought he hit it right on the money. That really is what really matters to me. With a non-partisan approach to this, this is our job, ladies and gentlemen, to ensure, sir, that you have the capacity, you have the capability, you have the intelligence, you have the experience, you have the dedication, you have the commitment to Canada.
I was very fortunate a short while ago to sit on the review committee for Chief Justice Rothstein, in which we had a similar process. Quite frankly, I see some striking parallels here with good questions, but considerate, fair and honest. The similarity I find, of course, is in the response, sir, with the greatest respect--honest, maybe even to a fault, but what a wonderful, wonderful asset to have. I think that clearly has been almost a mantra for your success in private life in the corporate world, because with that honesty you earn the respect of so many other people.
As you carry forward with this appointment process, I'm really pleased that you separated the responsibilities, the fact that you are responsible for process, not on actually picking people.
If I were to ask you the three most important assets that you bring to this process, so that we could judge your capacity and capability, what would those three most important assets be?