The function would be a bit like the function of the Auditor General for the government. I guess there would be a question about all the auditing that's currently going on by private sector firms, if that would remain or not, but they could also do broadly scoped audits. They would be in fact reporting to the communities. It wouldn't be an exercise of accountability in reporting to just the federal government but rather to the people of those first nations.
On May 9th, 2006. See this statement in context.