Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'm happy to make comments on this motion. Like my colleague, I think the committee's role, at this stage, is to analyze the person's skills. We don't have any control over the decision, the choice. The choice is made by the 338 members from all the regions of Canada, who will vote on the matter in the House of Commons.
The senators will also vote, on the basis of all the information. I think the fact that I'm voting now on the person's skills is very logical, because all the parliamentarians will vote next. It's a personal decision.
In terms of donations, I've just learned that, in Nova Scotia, a candidate who donated to the Liberal Party last year ran as a Conservative candidate and was elected.