There used to be one stream of appointments for decision-makers at the IRB. These were Governor in Council appointments, apart from the immigration division, where there were public servants historically. They'd been public servants as part of the immigration department before they came to the board.
Now we have two divisions made up of public servants, and two divisions of GIC appointees. These are separate employment regimes. As you know, GICs are appointed for a term. A term comes to an end, and a decision is made about whether or not to reappoint them. Public servants have a longer tenure and a different employment regime.
If you're asking me to pronounce on the wisdom of choosing one regime over the other, that's a policy decision that is not ours to make. It's not the board's position, I think, to comment on which choice the government of the day—