Mr. Chair, I wouldn't want to speculate as to what would have happened had the Public Appointments Commission been in place. I would simply note that the mandate of that commission is to provide advice to the government on establishing selection processes and that work has been done by those who were set up in the secretariat of that commission to that effect. That has been taken into account in the guidelines that have been established around selection processes.
On March 8th, 2011. See this statement in context.