The first I heard about it was about six weeks ago, or probably more accurately eight weeks ago, that Keith Hillier had been appointed to the position. I had a chance to have one consultation with him. He appears to be just a super guy and a super manager. But he's also a VAC employee, and I think, with no disrespect to Mr. Hillier, that there has to be impartiality in this process. If I can quote Perry, who gave me a very colourful quote concerning the bill of rights and the ombudsman being drawn up by a VAC ADM, it's not unlike having the Criminal Code written by the offenders of the Criminal Code, or having the inmates run the prison.
On June 13th, 2006. See this statement in context.