Thank you.
On page 2 of the document you tabled with the Committee, you discuss background checks and state the following:
A background check is conducted on prospective Cabinet appointees in order to ensure that there is no criminal, security or other concerns which could affect their suitability for public office.
You say “ou autre“,
in English, “or other concerns which could affect their suitability for public office”.
Would allegations that a spouse of a minister had possible close links to organized crime, if it came to your attention either during the actual background check or subsequent to the background check, be a concern that you would investigate or have checked into in order to determine whether that would affect their suitability for public office?