Thank you for the question, Mr. Chair.
Certainly my experience has been that the survey work that's been undertaken by the government, by government departments, has followed strict protocols and is staying well within the bounds of what would be considered acceptable in terms of non-partisanship and so on. As I noted in my earlier testimony, there's a fairly standard rigorous process to go through with regard to public opinion type of research. It requires vetting and so on. There are competitive processes and so on that are managed by Public Works to select the firms that do the work. There are quite a few checks and balances to ensure that the work that's undertaken and the firm selection are done in a way that has transparency and so on built into it.