Thank you, Chair.
Thank you for your attendance again, Ms. Verschuren. There are a couple of loose ends I want to pick up on from the first round with my colleague Mr. Perkins.
Through information received from the head of the appointment process at the PCO, Donnalyn McClymont, we received certain information with respect to the recruitment process and the actual hiring.
It would appear that applications were received by the PCO on October 12, 2018, and 56 applicants applied. The PCO interviewed eight to March 15, 2019. Of those eight, five were recommended to be reviewed by Minister Bains at that time. However, none of those five passed whatever sort of threshold test Minister Bains had applied, because during that interim period from October 2018 to May 2, 2019, another 47 applicants applied. They were shortlisted to 16. Three were ultimately interviewed. You were part of that process. In fact, you had applied after your conversation or conversations with Minister Bains on April 30, 2019. A total of six recommendations were sent to Minister Bains.
With that timeline in place, to the best of your recollection, when do you recall first receiving that phone call from Minister Bains? If it wasn't from Minister Bains, was it from someone in his office? Explain that process to us, please.