Yes, you're right. However, I wouldn't say your opinion is worthless. You are, after all, the Ethics Commissioner and an officer of Parliament responsible for administering the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons.
From my point of view and that of those who follow our work, the fact that you agree that it really doesn't seem ethical shows that there's clearly an operational issue at the Canada Border Services Agency related to this employee's presence and how he was treated, even though he admitted he shouldn't have behaved that way with suppliers. So we agree that this is quite problematic.
I have another question about this kind of conflict of interest. In the ArriveCAN case, we also heard that thousands of emails had been deleted. It's not necessarily ethical to delete compromising emails, but is it illegal? Could you enlighten me on that, or is it really outside your area of expertise?