Thank you very much.
Hello, Ms. Johnson. It's good of you to join us, even with these intermittent interruptions.
There are two areas I'd like to cover. First, when you're speaking to the merit principle of the people who get hired, I know that in my riding two returning officers have actually gone to other countries to train people. I understand where your comment's coming from, but I wouldn't want any innuendo to say that we currently have substandard staff, because I know they worked very well in my riding. One was the appointment of a previous member. They have indeed gone to show how elections should be run in other countries, so despite the fact that it may be a somewhat more partisan appointment system, there are people with great merit who are fulfilling those roles federally now.