Thank you very much.
Mr. Chair, it has been said, but… The direction is coming from the Governor in Council. We understand who that is. So why do you have a board of directors? Why don't you just amend it to get rid of the five directors of the board and have someone who we'll simply call “the superintendent”? The Governor in Council can instruct the superintendent to carry out the specific orders and have it done. Just have a direct chain of command that says: you work for me, here are the directions, push them through.
To put up this quasi-board of directors that sort of has some semi-autonomy, or at least pretends to have semi-autonomy, but to then simply have the Governor in Council say “thou shalt go do”, and if you don't, we'll remove you, to say, “Well, you're responsible to the folks who voluntarily joined the organization and to look after them, but if you disagree with the Governor in Council, you'll be removed”....
You've asked folks to join and you've told them they'll be subject to someone else they can't get rid of—the five directors—which become the buffer. Why not make it a real buffer? Just make it an employee. Just say that a superintendent makes the direction and get rid of the five directors that aren't elected. Cut down on the cost. Hire one person and say: “Here are the orders. Take the orders and implement them.”
Be done with it. Streamline the operation. Cut down on the number of meetings. You would actually be telling Canadians what you're going to do anyway and make it plain.