I gave you my definition. Now let us give him something to do. He can make inquiries. I completely agree with you: he must be loyal, impartial and neutral. He must report to Parliament. We had a problem with the Canadian Forces ombudsman because he reported to the Minister responsible for the Canadian Forces. You do not bite the hand that feeds you. That detracts from his impartiality. If he were to report directly to the House of Commons, I believe that it would change a lot of things. Anyway, Mr. Marin lost his job because he was being too harsh with the department.
As I was saying, it gives him the right to make inquiries, to request people to appear before him as witnesses, etc. Did you anticipate giving all these rights or even more rights to the ombudsman?