Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I'd like not only to thank you, but also to tell you that I feel like I'm in The Twelve Tasks of Asterix, as if the situation will finally be crystal clear only when we finally get all the pieces of the puzzle and hear all the testimony.
Thus, we see that what we are doing is essential. We are parliamentarians, not experts. However, we are before the public, who are currently seeing that we are doing our spring cleaning, which should have been done 20 years ago.
I have a host of questions, and it's important for me to ask them, because I'm really not reassured, not by people's expertise, but because of the flaws in communications. Had it not been for these flaws, the alarm would have sounded. Names would have come out. People would have known. When a potential prime minister isn't even made aware of what's happening to him, that's serious.
Actually, we're seeing that there are several chairs, but they all have big cracks in them. So we're going to be constructive, today.
I understand that the witness, whom I greet in passing, has extensive experience, both at the UN, CSIS and as a deputy minister. However, we urgently need this cry from the heart that will really help us shed some light.
If we ask people if they really trust our democracy, they'll probably say that, if they're told about the new measures we're going to take, they'll believe in it.
I'd like to hear your comments on that and then I'll have a few more questions.
You have a great deal of expertise and you're now collaborating with CSIS, as a deputy minister.
I yield the floor to you.