Information & Ethics committee  It was July 2017, yes. The deadline to apply for the position was July 14. I applied July 12.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  It is likely too early, but I will tell you that I am very much aware of Commissioner Dawson's recommendation. I am also aware of Commissioner Shepherd's not necessarily being in agreement with that. Here I am, being nominated for Commissioner of Lobbying and not Conflict of Inte

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, absolutely.

Information & Ethics committee  I can give you my opinion on that only because when I was with the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, there were administrative penalties there. I do believe it can act as an incentive. Right now the powers under the Lobbying Act are quite limited. It's really, at the

Information & Ethics committee  On the amount...absolutely, yes.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  I agree. I think we need to be in the modern age. Everybody uses gadgets. I understand that in the last year—and I have read as well the same material—that it is now possible to register through iPad and your cellphone. She has done fantastic work with relation to the registry. I

Information & Ethics committee  Absolutely, through multimedia and using all the tools at our disposal and making sure that people out there...and that it doesn't cost too much, obviously, attending conferences, etc. Yes, using social media, using those tools to educate.... That's what people use today, so we n

Information & Ethics committee  I read the report of the committee and I am also very familiar with the recommendations of the current commissioner. I believe it would be quite irresponsible of me to put forward recommendations. That said, one of my priorities will certainly be to see what has been done and wha

Information & Ethics committee  That is a good question. Since I have worked with two officers of Parliament, I am very much aware of the need to be impartial, to be fair and to have very high ethical standards. I am also very conscious of the need to be very precise in the analyses we perform, because people

Information & Ethics committee  Do you mean exemplary practices in my work?

Information & Ethics committee  Certainly. I am not an expert on lobbying since I am not yet in the position, but I certainly know that as an officer of Parliament, you have to create a network of people who do the same kind of work in order to be well informed and have all of the necessary information to do th

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you.