My understanding, Mr. Chair, is yes. In fact, the manager and Mr. Yeo had conversations encouraging him to apply because of the goal of turning that skill set from a contracted resource into an employee. This skill set is not easily found, so there were not many.... I believe there was actually no one else in the pool who actually had the skill set in terms of the network type of work that Mr. Yeo did. He was the only one in the pool who actually fitted the bill.
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