Evidence of meeting #53 for Industry, Science and Technology in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was statistics.
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9:45 a.m.
NDP
Brian Masse NDP Windsor West, ON
At the end of the day, I know it's going to go to this other filter or whatever that can be made up. That's not under the purview of Parliament, but at the end of the day, it's the minister who makes the appointment?
9:45 a.m.
Chief Statistician of Canada, Statistics Canada
It's a GIC appointment process. I'm not an expert in that process, but it's moving from using different mechanisms to appoint people to the council, to now actually going through a GIC process.
9:45 a.m.
NDP
Brian Masse NDP Windsor West, ON
Yes, and I understand my colleague's concern about that because often—not always—that's where a lot of the so-called “pork” is, in terms of political appointments, and people who don't necessarily have the expertise in fields get plunked down into that job. Just go, basically, to any community that has a port and take a look at that. The port is often filled with a political and a federal representative, and in fact, most recently, in my port—
9:45 a.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Dan Ruimy
Thank you.
That was the last question of the day.
I'd like to thank our guests for coming in today. It has been very informative and I'm looking forward to hearing the rest of what's going on with Bill C-36.
We're going to break for two minutes and go in camera to discuss committee business.
[Proceedings continue in camera]