Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you again for coming before our committee. We appreciate your testimony this morning.
I just wanted to touch base with you with regard to your mandate. You spoke with Ms. Hall Findlay some time ago with regard to what is classified as a wrongdoing. I read in the brochure as well as in the other documents that this would be defined as a number of things, but including “misuse of public funds or public assets”, and second of all, “a gross mismanagement in the public sector”.
There have been some complaints brought forward to our committee by other officers of Parliament, and now, because of my own interest, I've actually started to receive letters from the public service with concerns regarding classification creep and this whole issue of reclassification not necessarily being reflective of the work that is being required. This is a misuse of public assets and funds for sure, but I have asked whether this goes further, whether in fact there's somebody who's knowingly directing somebody to do something that is wrong.
The first question would be, do you consult other officers of Parliament in terms of having certain issues referred to your office? Does that happen?