The system did not address reappointments at all. That was one of the issues we raised in our letter to the minister, Judy Sgro, in April 2004. In her response she simply said that members would be evaluated by the board, and she would make the decision on their reappointment based on that evaluation. What we have heard since then is that the board presents an evaluation of the person to the minister and the minister makes the decision about whether or not the person is to be reappointed.
When pushed about whether people who have not been given positive evaluations are ever reappointed, there is not a clear denial of any such reappointments happening. For example, I heard of a case where the IRB seemed to have some serious concerns about somebody and managed to make the reappointment a short-term one. But the person was reappointed despite what seemed to be misgivings from the IRB, in terms of the evaluation of that person.