Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Minister, thank you for accepting the committee's invitation.
As you know—you even stated it publicly—ArriveCAN is a shocking development for Quebec and Canadian taxpayers, and obviously for each and every member of this committee.
We've discovered that ArriveCAN is but the tip of the iceberg and that this file points to a number of issues in Canada's public service.
As for you, minister, you've had an impressive career. During the pandemic, you were Minister of Public Services and Procurement. When the ArriveCAN contracts were signed, you then went on to become Minister of National Defence. Some people have noted the fact that David Yeo's employment at the Department of Defence was confirmed when you were Minister of National Defence and Mr. Yeo's business had contracts with the Department of Defence. So he was in a conflict of interest.
Now here you are at Treasury Board, one of whose roles happens to be to define the conflict of interest policy.
I'd like to know how your experience allows you, today, to never repeat all the mistakes that were made these last few years.