Oh, thank you, Mr. Chair.
Ms. Dawson, you've had an illustrious career. You're very well respected in your field. I'm trying to get my head around certain things, so you'll have to excuse me if I ask questions that.... You can always tell me if they are not relevant.
I look at what you have presented, and you say that some of the guidelines are stringent. But do you have sanction powers? I do not know whether you have sanction any powers.
Your title includes the word “ethics”, but the word “ethics” is not used anywhere in the code. The expectations have been raised because the minister has said that now that this code is there, everything will be fine and Canadians will be able to ensure that there's no unethical behaviour.
I'm trying to figure out how you balance confidentiality with transparency. How are we able to communicate to our constituents that, yes, this is happening and that we have these checks and balances in place.
I'll bring a case that I had in front of me at OGGO, and that was Madam Guergis's case. We did not know who said what to whom, yet we were told that it was your report that made her be demoted from cabinet.
Maybe you can't say anything, but help me understand how we alleviate that confusion.