Absolutely. The process was very open and held Canada-wide. We also hired a head-hunter to conduct research within the public, parapublic and private sectors before drawing up a list.
I may forget some names because I was not involved in the process as such. A very high-level selection jury was struck, did a pre-selection, and held interviews before recommending the following people: Mr. Drummond, vice-president of the Financial Group of the Toronto-Dominion Bank, a former parliamentarian who now works as a consultant, the Parliamentary Librarian, and Mr. Allan Darling, who served as senior special advisor to the librarian during this entire process when the act was first adopted.
In that regard, the process was very open. At one point, we had at least 60 candidacies to review. I am not referring to the total number of candidacies received.