Thank you, Madam Chair.
Mr. O'Sullivan, you made one point that I think goes right to the core of where we're going with this issue. You believe it's legitimate for a government to steer a course and obviously put people in who they are comfortable with who will take the government in that direction. The most important concern, of course, is the qualifications of that individual. I think all through our history—and you've mentioned various governments—we've always had a government make decisions as such.
So this is my concern. In your opinion—and this goes right to the very crux of why we are here as a committee of government operations dealing with not a specific issue, and I'll talk about a specific issue or more than one in a second, but the generalization, the fact of whether our system is intact—is it working? Does it need amendments, or modification, or changes? In your opinion, are the acts governing the appointments or the revocation of order in council appointments consistent with the current standards for a good government and ethics, both here in this country and in comparison to any other jurisdiction you might be familiar with?