Ms. Patricia Hassard at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On March 8th, 2011. See this statement in context.

March 8th, 2011 / 12:25 p.m.

Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Senior Personnel and Public Service Renewal, Privy Council Office

I can be very brief, Mr. Chairman.

I'll just say that in the criteria, I think we would want to include “experience in either private or public”. I don't think we want to dismiss the idea that a person with a public sector background could be a fantastic candidate for this position.

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