Mr. Chairman, I think if you look at her curriculum vitae, you will see that every aspect of the selection criteria was met.
She had significant experience as a senior executive in the public service. She'd been an associate deputy minister in two departments, Agriculture and Agri-food and Public Works, over a period of four years. She was trained as a lawyer. She was the executive director of the Immigration and Refugee Board, which, as you probably know, is our largest administrative tribunal. She had good, solid, quasi-judicial experience.
She also had experience in managing investigations and in oversight, because she played a role as director of enforcement operations at customs. She was at the Public Service Commission as chair of the appeal boards for public service appointments, demotions, and dismissals. She also had several leadership roles as an assistant deputy minister in corrections and policing, and she was the chief executive officer of Consulting and Audit Canada.
Mr. Chairman, I think there were other characteristics that we and Parliament were looking for. She is a franco-Ontarian who is fully bilingual and was willing to take the position. We were confident that she would've been a good candidate.