Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Madam Minister. Thank you, Ms. Campbell, for your presentations, for your work, and the work of the advisory board in finding a very qualified individual for appointment to the Supreme Court.
Ms. Campbell, you talked a little bit about the timeline and the need for more time. The first go-around was about a 22-day period. It involved, at the end of the day, about 31 applicants. This time was about twice that in terms of the length of the process, but only 14 applicants.
What do you attribute to the fact that, in the second round, we saw roughly about half of the number of applicants who had applied in the first round? Was it the fact that it was simply limited to western Canada as opposed to a Canada-wide search, or were there broader factors?