If I understand your question correctly, honourable member, you're talking about two things: about management and accountability—administrative issues—as well as issues of enforcement of the legislation and amendments to the legislation.
I would say from my own experience as Privacy Commissioner that I was in a sense both fortunate and unfortunate to come in at a very critical time in the role of this office and also in the historic role of agents or officers of Parliament, however one chooses to qualify them.
I'd emphasize that this is a reciprocal relationship between Parliament and its officers or agents, and the importance one assigns to them and the interest Parliament takes in their doings can vary widely—and has varied widely, certainly, throughout the history of my office.
I'm fortunate to be Privacy Commissioner now, at a time when, through various issues—both the emerging issue of privacy and the unfortunate events of 2003, in which Parliament was directly involved—Parliament is now very much following the developments in my office. This in turn—it's a synergetic relationship—I think gives me a lot more credibility when I talk about Privacy Act reform, or this fall Parliament wouldn't be looking at a five-year review of PIPEDA.