Thank you very much, Mr. Julian.
Perhaps it would be helpful to do the comparison with the poet, where there's a practice of alternating between poets who write predominately in French or predominately in English, although we recently had a poet who also had Cree in her writing. It's by practice rather than by statute that there is alternating. Of course, that could change, depending on the context and the decisions that are made.
In terms of the impacts on the committee that are in the act, it would mean, of course, that the process to call for nominations would presumably be different in terms of outreach, which communities we would reach out to asking for nominations for this position. It would affect the marketing, if you wish, of the programming and how we would get the word out. Who would be eligible to apply would also be affected.
That would all have to be worked out in the details. Of course, if the statute says that it must alternate, then, as chair of the committee reviewing the nominations, that would be something that I would have to ensure is respected by the members of the committee in reviewing the applications and ultimately in making the recommendations to the Speaker with the short list.
This would certainly have repercussions on the process. We would obviously have to comply with the law.