Vlad,
Sorry, but it's simply not true.
I can't understand why you (and some others) repeat the same false statement again and again...
The facts are the following:
At the time of the last selection (March 2012) were selected the following players:
Bator Sambuev - as Canadian Champion,
Leonid Gerzhoy, Nikolay Noritsyn, and Eric Hansen - by rating.
There were no any other available candidates.
The selection process was open and transparent - everybody could check the old thread:
http://www.chesscanada.info/forum/sh...inal)-National
I would agree with you, but to focus on the future we need to understand - what went wrong in the past and why?
The problem was with the 5th player selection.
The Selection Committee selected Edward Porper - despite of strong opposition of the only Committee member with Olympiad experience.
Hopefully, we all agree now that this was a mistake - Olympiad results and publicly available reports show that.
Nobody get wounded, but the end result was not good.
What could we do to avoid the same mistake in the future?
I have a couple suggestions:
1) The 5th player should be selected by the Team Captain after consultation with already selected 4 players;
2) The 5th player should be selected from young improving players under 25 years old.