Mr. Chair, we would not have done the outreach. It would have been, really, up to the department, the minister's office, and the minister to do the outreach to try to attract candidates. They would have applied through our portal. We would have looked at the portal on October 12, 2018, to see who was in there. We would have assessed who was eligible, and then we would have run interviews.
We do not close the processes until an appointment is made, so it is not uncommon for us to provide advice to the minister and then look into the portal after the fact and find that, potentially, some very good candidates have applied, and we will do a second pass of interviews until an appointment is made. Our goal there is to make sure that we're providing the best advice to the minister and, ultimately, the Prime Minister and cabinet, on the most qualified candidates for the position.