Mr. Marc Mayrand at the Procedure and House Affairs Committee

On February 20th, 2007. See this statement in context.

February 20th, 2007 / 12:10 p.m.

Nominee for the position of Chief Electoral Officer, As an Individual

I will not commit myself to going there today.

As I was saying, there have been significant reforms in the Public Service human resources staffing process in recent years, and I believe the measures in Bill C-2 are heavily based on those reforms.

The Public Service staffing process is transparent and merit-based, relying on stringent assessment of the skills and qualifications of people who apply for positions.

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