Ms. Hassard, I have been listening to what has been said around this table for some time. If I understand correctly, the government chooses the candidate. I think back to Thursday, June 4, 2007 when the parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister's Office was at this table to ask questions of Ms. Ouimet, who was a candidate at that time. Now that you tell me that the government chooses the candidate, I see that the Prime Minister's parliamentary secretary was present because Ms. Ouimet was their candidate.
By the way, Ms. Ouimet played her role very well. When she came to testify, she knew how she was supposed to do the job. She changed her approach while she was in the position, meaning that she had something to accomplish and actions to take. Subsequently, when she left, she was given a huge lump sum to thank her for doing such a good job. Now we have Mr. Dion, the new interim Public Service Integrity Commissioner. As he is in an interim position, I don't think that it will be he who will be dealing with the 225 or so integrity cases that are pending—unless someone can prove to me the opposite. Where is this going exactly?
Thank you, Mr. Chair.