Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, witnesses. It's always a pleasure to see witnesses who have a strong family connection to the beautiful south shore of Nova Scotia that I represent, so thank you for being here.
As you've no doubt been following the hearings on the controversy around the conflicts of interest of the board directors and the chair for more than the last year, you'll be aware, perhaps, that the former minister responsible for the appointment of the chair in question, Annette Verschuren, former minister Bains, appeared before the industry committee. He said nine times that he received the short list of candidates—two candidates—from the PCO, and he basically claimed he had nothing to do with it. He said that there was a committee of PCO, PMO and some departmental officials.
So, who in the PCO and who in the PMO told him to interview the two shortlisted candidates given to him, one of whom was Ms. Verschuren?