Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I'd like to thank my colleague for having broken the ice when it comes to the issue of conflict of interest.
This isn't the first time. Indeed, several reports noted situations of conflict of interest. I've been paying special attention to this since 2004 and I reviewed practically all the internal audits of the various departments that appeared before us.
I have one specific question. I don't know if you remember the episode of the logical model regarding the Integrated Relocation Program, which resurfaced last September. A little earlier, Ms. Meredith mentioned that perhaps we needed to specify certain dates, for example the date a code came into force. However, I would like you to explain the difference between the new code and the one that existed previously. Certain people, including retired deputy ministers, come and divulge things in our offices, which enable us to complete certain analyses. For example, if you're an assistant deputy minister and you witness dubious activity, are you going to denounce your deputy minister? What's the process? You take part in the meetings.
Lastly, I raised the issue of the logical model because the Auditor General had been called to appear at the same time as the officials from the Treasury Board Secretariat and PWGSC and that's the first time we ever heard of the logical model. Access to information requests, questions on the order paper that were tabled and the questions put in the House of Commons enabled us to reveal that in fact, that logical model did not exist and that it had been used simply to explain this to the committee.
Ms. Meredith, now that you know that this logical model does not exist, now that you're no longer with PWGSC and that the senior officials who were there at the time are no longer there, are you in a position under the new code to inform your new boss of such incidents?