Thank you, Madam Chair.
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome, again.
My first question is back to public appointments. That was, of course, an issue in the last federal election, and there was a commitment on the part of the Conservatives that they would deal with the issue of patronage appointments so that they were merit-based appointments. Of course, this is part of the Accountability Act. There were a number of changes made to the Accountability Act that certainly we felt were good changes, amendments to the act that I believe offer greater accountability. I appreciate that the entire act has not fully been implemented.
My question to the minister is this. When will the accountability for public appointments be implemented, so that we have a fully functioning Public Appointments Commission and Public Appointments Commission Secretariat?