Mr. Chairman, I know over the years that some of the Ministers have brought in students to work in the office during their off months from school. In regards to the people who are hired by the Ministers, these are people that are chosen by the individual Ministers, themselves.

The executive assistants, and the executive secretaries are people that the Ministers seek, according to what they feel they require as support. There is no restriction for a Minister if he wishes to hire an aboriginal person, and have some help given to that individual. The political staff of each Minister really is up to that particular Minister, and the positions are at pleasure during the term of office of that individual.

From time to time, we have hired secretaries that have come from the regions, and try to train them, and give them the opportunity to learn. So, really, a lot of the political staff has to do with the individual Minister, because the individual Minister is the one who selects those people, and that is only for the term of his, or her, office.