Yes, I have these numbers. Before I get to the numbers, let me just tell you that since you are basically dealing with a prerogative of the governor in council, which is the prerogative to appoint, the screening process basically has to be reassessed from government to government.
I want to tell you that right now this process on my website is under review, and I am not yet in a position to tell you what the state of the art will be in my office tomorrow as far as screening goes.
I am expecting to, and am scheduled to, discuss that with the minister. There is a firm intention on our part to discuss it. I've been informed of that recently. It has to basically go to PCO and to the Prime Minister's Office for approval. This is where we are now.
In terms of the process that has been in place, the result is that I now have for the region of Ontario--and it's fairly small here--28 qualified candidates, plus 20 that are in the process. These are people who placed applications and need to be processed one way or the other, and I still have yet to know what the determination of that discussion will be.
In the Atlantic region we have two persons, two candidates, who have been passing through the various steps, plus two who are in process. In the Montreal region we have three who have passed all the steps, plus two in process, and in the region of western Canada, we currently have five who have gone through the process, plus 20 who are currently within the process.