Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Convention is in the House, or precedents have been established in most cases where we are appointing board members or chairpersons to boards of this government that we would seek MLA involvement as well as public interest groups, that we may ask, from time to time for appointments, Mr. Speaker. Based on that, these appointments are made or recommended by the appropriate Minister, and in some cases can be appointed directly by the Minister, in other cases, require Cabinet approval.

The process, historically, has been to seek both MLA and the public's interest in board appointments. There are occasions when it would go to Cabinet for approval and there are other occasions where it is the Minister's sole jurisdiction, and these appointments are made. My understanding is that, if my notes serve me correctly, the previous Minister did correspond with the MLAs with respect to seeking their advice as he sought others on appointments to the Liquor Board.