I did not apply for this job; I got a call from a headhunter and I was asked whether I was interested. It was the second time this headhunter had actually called me to seek out any interest I might have for this position, and that was about in June of 2007.
This headhunter came back to me a couple of times and said, “Are you sure? Are you interested? Would you like to put your name forward? We think this is a job that you would have an interest in and some qualifications for.” I asked a few questions, met with the headhunter, and this then became.... After this meeting I said, yes, all right, put my name in, and I was then part of a selection process—a very professionally run selection process, actually, which is what I'm used to in the businesses I've seen. The selection process was chaired by the chairman of the board of CBC/Radio-Canada. I went to a first interview and then to a second interview. After the first interview I assumed they had a long list, or a list, of people who they spoke to, and I was brought down the list to a second list, a shorter list, and then made it through the second interviews and got an offer.