I have a question. Possibly one of you technical experts can answer this. Is the Chief Electoral Officer subject to audits by the Public Service Commission? I know the Public Service Commission does audits of the appointment, hiring, selection--you name it--process of, for instance, the Auditor General. So I would assume so, but I would like to know if my assumption is based on fact. Because in that case, I would have less of a problem with the Bloc amendment, because I would be assured there would be an external independent audit of whatever process the Chief Electoral Officer put into place for this external appointment process.
On June 13th, 2006. See this statement in context.