Ms. Ratansi, I'm going to allow the question, but I'll ask you to restrict it to the.... You'll have to understand that the appointment of the person is part of the political process, but you're quite right that there is, passed by Parliament, a provision in the Federal Accountability Act dealing with the Public Appointments Commission. Mr. Lynch--and the Auditor General, I should point out--quite correctly made reference to this, and there is no problem with your pursuing your question in that area.
On June 11th, 2009. See this statement in context.