Thank you, Madam Chair.
I will begin by greeting the witnesses and thanking them for their presence.
A question comes to mind concerning the witnesses we heard from last week, Ariane Mignolet and David Wake. Ms. Mignolet is the ethics and deontology commissioner at the National Assembly of Quebec and Mr. Wake is the integrity commissioner of Ontario.
They both appeared to be saying that externally funded internships are not problematic. So we may wonder why it would be okay for the provinces and for Quebec, but not for Canada. I would ask the three witnesses to enlighten us on that, as we are apparently never too old to learn.