Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I do take issue with what the Minister is saying because the affirmative action policy and direct appointments fly right in the face of what the Minister just said, because appointments are made and this government has made many of them that really don't have much merit. You can go and talk to a lot of different people and they'll tell you the exact same thing. The Minister said yesterday in the House that affirmative action didn't come into play with direct appointments. I beg to differ. They're trying to get the numbers up in one category and ignoring another category, and that's exactly what's happening, Mr. Speaker. So I'd like to ask the Minister, perhaps I'd like from the Minister a definition of how direct appointments are used and why direct appointments are used only when they deem them necessary to use them. They're not used for persons with disabilities, Mr. Speaker.