Thank you, Madame Jennings.
I'll just give a little bit of background on the code of ethics. It was adopted in 2005 following a meeting with the then minister and the chairs of the advisory committees across the country. It was prepared in consultation with the chairs, adopted then, and posted on our website at that time. There are also guidelines for judicial advisory committees, which existed before, and which were also posted in 2005. The minister then asked us to post both documents on the website.
I want to be clear that the code of ethics, which was adopted by the minister and was accepted by the successive ministers since then, does not deal specifically with the issue of the lobbyists. There are a few matters, which I will point to, that are dealt with by code of ethics. One is that a member of committee must show discretion and neutrality, and no questions concerning a candidate's political views or political affiliation are to be raised during committee deliberations. If a candidate for the bench has been active in a political party, no inference, either favourable or unfavourable, should be drawn from that.