This has been the $64-million question for many years. What we should not have at the end of the day is the minister having the final say as to who's in and who's out in terms of selection. That simply leads to patronage. That's just politicizing the appointment process.
It should be a merit-based system. There should be a panel of experts, human rights advocates, put in place, and they should select the best people around to do this job.
What I indicated I was against was its being restricted to or primarily being civil servants. I don't think that civil servants bring to the table the wide range of experience we need for this type of decision-making. I suspect that if it's going to be civil servants, it's simply going to be the current RPOs—refugee protection officers--or tribunal officers, under a different title. I don't think that will lead to the best possible result.