The Chief Electoral Officer has responsibility for the composition of the selection committee, but he has an obligation to hold a public competition. That's not left to his discretion. The act currently states simply that he must make the appointments on the basis of merit. There is no obligation to hold public competitions, and we believe that it is the legislators' responsibility to include this obligation to hold public competitions in the act in order to set guidelines for the actions of the Chief Electoral Officer.
On June 1st, 2006. See this statement in context.