Perhaps they weren't looking for it. However, in my view, given the renewed conversation about values, ethics and conflict of interest across the public service, I felt it was important to ensure that conflicts of interest were well managed, especially when I recognize the source of the motion that was passed in the House for me to do this work.
We felt there was an area where we saw some of the Crown corporations just doing a really good, proactive job at self-declaring on whether the processes were competitive or non-competitive when it came to conflicts of interest, whereas the public service was relying on the annual declaration.
I felt that was a gap and that it was important to close that gap, because making sure everyone involved in the procurement process has thought through whether they may be in a real or perceived position of conflict of interest was important to ensure the fairness of procurement processes.