Thank your for your questions. I think the fact of ensuring that there is a comfort zone about the degree of independence that we want to give the office is a choice.
Certain models could have been adopted. In this case, preference went to the model of what I would call the summum of independence that we want to grant an individual. We want to be certain that the individual will have the most absolute power of independence. We've adopted the best models from other Commonwealth institutions.
With this bill, we're much closer to the model followed by the province of Quebec a few weeks ago. I'd even go as far as to say that we have approved on it. In Quebec, selection of the Director of Criminal Prosecutions does not involve intervention by the members of the National Assembly. Here it involves intervention by the members of the House of Commons. In the Quebec model, the appointment process involves people from the outside, but does not require the intervention of the representatives of the political parties who sit in the National Assembly. Here, with this bill, we do so for the members of the House of Commons, which ensures that the individual is recognized by all political parties and thus has greater political neutrality.
As you said, it is true that the fact that the Attorney General is required to give public instructions in writing and to publish them in the Canada Gazette is an excellent way to enable him not only to inform the public that he is taking charge of a case, but also that he will be politically accountable for his decision and will have to give the reasons why he made it.