Thank you very much, Chair.
I'm going to put some things on the record with respect to the topic we are talking about today.
Mr. Bains, I appreciate your patience with our opposition colleagues on everything they've been hammering you with today.
Prime Minister Mulroney asked that Ms. Verschuren serve on his national science and tech committee, and Minister Flaherty tapped her as an economic adviser to serve on his economic council during the 2008 recession. She donated to the Simcoe-Grey Conservative Association between 2013 and 2016. She donated to Lisa Raitt. She has donated consistently, since 2013, to the Conservative Party federally, and she also donated to the last two leadership campaigns.
Can you help me understand how partisanship works with these kinds of appointments, please?