It is discretionary; it's left to the commission. I haven't talked about all of that in my list of responsibilities, but what was added in the new legislation was the responsibility for non-partisanship, specific direction in the legislation about public servants being candidates, and the discretion on the “may” for the municipal side.
You have some very small municipal councils where it's a small town, and those kinds of people may be very important in that small town. But it doesn't affect their ability to do their job, any views of partisanship for the job, and much of their time.
But when you look at being a councillor for a city like Ottawa or Toronto, it's hard to envision how those people could be doing those jobs full-time.