The question is whether we can get better quality than we sometimes do from within that system. I think we can. First of all, we need to have a process by which boards tell their government what their needs are and describe the kind of person they need, whether that's a regional need or a linguistic need or a gender need or a speciality need, so that the government gets a better profile. Then it would be to have some kind of vetting process for appointments, whether through these committees or whatever. I know the present government has looked at various models to it.
I can only speak for my own experience on the CBC board over more than eight years, but I think the quality of people on board overall was pretty good. Once in a while, as we all know, somebody's campaign manager slips in--not that campaign managers aren't qualified to be directors of the CBC, but--