I wonder if I could just add the following, Mr. Chairman, to clarify this for the honourable member. The short list is not given with any order. In fact, the names are given alphabetically. In the short list, we do not distinguish among them. I have often said that our goal is to present the Prime Minister with a short list of candidates that will keep him up at night trying to figure out which one of these excellent candidates to select. On the committee we may have our personal favourites, but we do not make any indication of an order among the candidates who are presented on the short list.
On July 25th, 2019. See this statement in context.