Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank our guests for taking the time to be here today.
I wanted to follow up on a couple of your comments, Professor Cappe. You said in your comments that evidence is not always used in policy development. This flows from an article in the Ottawa Citizen, where you said it's a concern to you that ministers put forward ready-made policies with little or no contribution from the experts in the public service who are adept and proficient in analyzing issues and proposing solutions.
For starters, can you elaborate on what you perceive to be, in general, the kind of expertise you're referring to, how it's best utilized, and whether the current government is exploiting the full potential of that knowledge in the public service?