Senator Moreau, you’re still a bit of an enigma in this place. You have been a senator for more than a year, but your ethics disclosure is still not posted on the Senate Ethics Officer’s website. You were named Government Representative in the Senate more than two months ago, but the Ethics Commissioner’s public registry indicates your entry as still pending.

As the opposition, it is our job to demand transparency and accountability from the government. Perhaps you could let us know a little bit about you, starting with which individual or organization, if any, sponsored your Senate application.

I look forward to hearing who those private individuals were who sponsored you.

One thing that is on the public record is that you directly helped Prime Minister Carney in debate preparation during the election, a task usually done by a candidate’s closest and most loyal advisers. Weeks later, that same candidate appointed you to the top spot in the Senate. Political campaign involvement is fine and certainly within your right, Senator Moreau, but how do you square that close Liberal Party involvement with the self-proclaimed non-partisan and independent office you lead?