Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to the honourable members and all of our witnesses.
My question is for you, Mr. Hayes. Thank you for being here today. It's always a pleasure to have you. Please say hello to Ms. Hogan for us.
I practically jumped out of my seat at the beginning of your remarks. Specifically, I'm referring to paragraph four, where you said, and I quote, “the government's oversight of advertising was not sufficiently robust to ensure that no public funds were spent on partisan advertising.” I am sure you can easily see where I'm going with this. It brings to mind a dark moment in our recent history involving the Government of Canada and its advertising spending, as you can appreciate.
Given your findings, can you say with certainty that we will never experience another sponsorship scandal?