Thank you, Mr. Chair.
It's certainly a pleasure to be back on the committee.
In my former life, I was president of the Saint John Sea Dogs, a hockey club. Culture is a lot more than words—it's action. You need to back up those words. It would be like my saying that I wanted to win the Memorial Cup and to treat all of our players very well, and then engaging in action after action contrary to those statements.
Actually, Mr. Chair, one of the first meetings I had as an MP was with our public servants. They came to my office in Market Square and the first thing they talked about was the major concerns they had with the Phoenix system that the previous government brought in. When they came in they were absolutely demoralized. So I asked them why they were so demoralized and—