Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good morning, and thank you, Ms. Shepherd.
We're looking into this problem of an MP's assistant leaking a report, a draft report of the finance committee, to a lobbyist, of course. Former Conservative Hill staffer--and now lobbyist--Andy Gibbons testified that after receiving the leaked copy of the finance committee draft report, he shared relevant portions of it with his client, Merck Frosst. His e-mail to his client actually states, and I quote: Below is language from the confidential draft report which summarizes what witnesses said about vaccines.
Would this, in your opinion, be a prima facie breach of the Lobbyists' Code of Conduct?