Thank you, Chair.
I want to thank the witness for being here today. I think you bring some insight into the matter.
I listened very closely to your introduction and to many of your answers, and what I find most interesting is that some of what you've told us I think is the way it is, and some of what you've suggested to us is maybe the way it should be. In fact, if I understood you correctly, and I'm certainly open for you to tell me otherwise, the practices that are taking place today are no different from the practices that took place five years ago with respect to individuals filling those positions and the background checks that take place. That being the case, is there any difference in this situation from any other minister in the last several governments, in the background checks that would have applied to them?
Perhaps more importantly, in this case, when that minister was appointed to that position, in the background check, his friends and acquaintances have changed in that length of time. Would there have been any change in that position from previously to today?