Thank you very much.
Thank you, witnesses, for being here.
We have a proud tradition in Canada of a public service that is independent, has integrity, and is generally non-partisan. Our concern has been this political creep that's coming in while we have been teaching the world what the divisions are between public servants and parliamentarians. A lot of countries don't have it and that leads to a lot of unpleasant stuff happening.
We appreciate the work you are doing. We would like you to be more vigilant so that reports in the media about people being asked to do analytical work that is really more partisan than analytical do not come through.
With that, I would like to give you an opportunity to make your closing remarks. Then we will suspend the meeting for a few seconds.
Thank you.
Please go ahead, Madam Barrados.