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{
"time": "2025-11-05 16:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "David McLaughlin (As an Individual)",
"fr": "David McLaughlin (\u00e0 titre personnel)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9019146\" data-originallang=\"en\">Sure.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9019147\" data-originallang=\"en\">I have no formal opening statement. Again, I apologize for running behind. I went to the wrong entrance. If you do need some extra time for me at the end, I'm happy to stay a little longer to make that up to you.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9019148\" data-originallang=\"en\">I am no expert on conflict of interest or the state of federal law on that. I have no academic or particular expertise in that area. I have been in government at the federal and the provincial level. I ran a democratic reform commission in New Brunswick as the deputy minister. I was Clerk of the Executive Council and Cabinet Secretary in Manitoba. I've been a chief of staff in both the Prime Minister's Office and the Minister of Finance's office. I have seen things of governance, if you will, from various perspectives. If there is some general background or knowledge I can help you with, I'm happy to do it. I believe very strongly in the importance of our democratic institutions and, frankly, very much in the work you do. I feel an obligation to try to assist you in any particular way that I can.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9019149\" data-originallang=\"en\">I'll leave it at that, and I'm happy to take any questions you might have.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9019150\" data-originallang=\"en\">Hello, Andy.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9019151\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9019146\" data-originallang=\"en\">Certainement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9019147\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je n'ai pas pr\u00e9par\u00e9 de d\u00e9claration liminaire officielle. Encore une fois, je m'excuse d'\u00eatre arriv\u00e9 en retard. Je me suis rendu \u00e0 la mauvaise entr\u00e9e. Si vous avez besoin d'un peu plus de temps \u00e0 la fin, je serai heureux de rester un peu plus longtemps pour compenser.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9019148\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je ne suis pas un expert des conflits d'int\u00e9r\u00eats ni du droit f\u00e9d\u00e9ral en la mati\u00e8re. Je n'ai pas de dipl\u00f4me universitaire ni de comp\u00e9tences particuli\u00e8res dans ce domaine. J'ai fait partie du gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral et du gouvernement provincial. J'ai dirig\u00e9 une commission de r\u00e9forme d\u00e9mocratique au Nouveau-Brunswick en tant que sous-ministre. J'ai \u00e9t\u00e9 greffier du Conseil ex\u00e9cutif et secr\u00e9taire du Cabinet au Manitoba. J'ai \u00e9t\u00e9 chef de cabinet au Cabinet du premier ministre et au cabinet du ministre des Finances. J'ai pu voir \u00e0 quoi peut ressembler la gouvernance, si vous voulez, sous diff\u00e9rents angles. S'il y a des renseignements g\u00e9n\u00e9raux ou des connaissances que je peux vous transmettre, je serai heureux de le faire. Je crois tr\u00e8s fermement en l'importance de nos institutions d\u00e9mocratiques et, bien franchement, dans le travail que vous faites. Je me sens dans l'obligation d'essayer de vous aider de toutes les fa\u00e7ons possibles.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9019149\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je vais m'arr\u00eater ici. Je me ferai un plaisir de r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 vos questions.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9019150\" data-originallang=\"en\">Bonjour, monsieur Stark.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9019151\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci.</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/ethics/45-1/14/david-mclaughlin-1/",
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