Mr. Speaker, unfortunately I believe that most of the Minister's response was auspicious. There are political, direct appointments for the right reason that take into consideration the experience, as he said. Then there are political, direct appointments for the wrong reasons, and that is what this is.

Mr. Speaker, there are many other aboriginal Northerners, educated women out there, degreed women out there, some who even applied in this competition who did not even get the dignity of a reply when they had an interview.

For them to say that they have chosen an individual from the bottom of the interview process and are moving her in, bypassing everyone else, it makes no sense. Mr. Speaker, if political patronage is going to be the order of the day, then God help the civil service and God help the hiring practices.

Mr. Speaker, the question is how can the Minister do this and put the program in jeopardy for such a politically motivated reason?