I just want to say that this discussion we're having today is so incredibly important. When we look at the safety of women and men in the Canadian Armed Forces, it is really vital that we look at how people are promoted, how people are appointed and what kinds of qualities and traits are the things that are rewarded, what kinds of incentives and what qualities and traits are overlooked as peripheral.
I think that what we're seeing systemically is that when there have been accusations, allegations, rumours that have to do with sexual misconduct, those have not seemed, in history, to have been things that have prevented people from being rewarded. I think that is a fundamental thing we have to remember in the line of questioning that we're doing today.
First of all, I'd like to ask you to confirm who appoints the chief of the defence staff. Is it a Governor in Council appointment?