At the time, when I appointed him to the Court of Appeal for Ontario at the beginning of my term, I used the process itself. I have followed his merits and qualities, which are quite obvious. After I came to the conclusion that I should appoint him to the Ontario Court of Appeal, coming directly from the practice of law, we used, as I just described to our colleague Mr. Cooper, several tools to get to know the candidate better.
On June 22nd, 2021. See this statement in context.