Thank you very much for the opportunity to appear before the committee.
I took careful note of the questions on non-partisanship. It is an area in which I have some preoccupations, and we are carrying out further investigations to try to make recommendations specifically on what should be done.
We do have guidance that we give to public servants.
Our main protection is still the hiring and making sure that hiring is non-partisan.
We regulate the process whereby public servants can be active politically and we continue to do that.
The area where I see the greatest risk--and I am having difficulty defining it--is the area of appropriate conduct. I can assure the committee that we would look very closely at any specific instances that involve public servants.
I'd like to thank the members for their questions.
Merci beaucoup.