Thank you, Mr. Martin, for your question.
I'd like to thank the previous members for their kind comments, although I'm afraid I can't join them in some of the congratulations for the other side.
To speak to your question, Mr. Martin, the process under the statute is that the government, the GIC, nominates a person under the existing statute, and both the House and the Senate have to ratify that appointment. I understand that is the process that was followed.
In terms of Bill C-2, I remember reading last spring, when I appeared before Mr. Tilson's committee on parliamentary matters, that there was an attempt to appoint a head commissioner and it failed or was postponed. My selection was not part of a similar process. I was simply telephoned and asked to seriously consider this position, which I did and agreed that my name go forward.