I'd like to clarify something.
The advisory board was constituted only after the application process closed. When we had the benefit of some of the work of the advisory board, which operated completely independently of our team, my office engaged in some consultation with attorneys general in the western and northern provinces as well as the chief justices of those jurisdictions from which an applicant would be eligible to be appointed. There was engagement at a level other than a national level with specific focus on the western and northern regions. That was not to generate applications but to get feedback on some of the potential appointees.
