You are correct that in 2007 the minister, the Honourable John Baird, denied COSEWIC's nominee for a member to the Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge Subcommittee. The nominees were individuals whose names were put forward as a consequence of consultation with the five national aboriginal organizations. Those names were a product of an extensive process of consultation. The names were put to the minister, but the minister declined to accept one of them and appointed someone else to that subcommittee. We were not told precisely why our advice was rejected.
