With regard to the impact of the bill on an organization like ours, I must emphasize the fact that we are a small organization as compared to a department. We have a very limited administrative capability. Most of my resources are of course assigned to discharging my mandate, that is to say to investigations, examinations and legal remedies.
When we carry out internal audits or when we have to go through extra administrative procedures, such as the ones required by the Access to Information Act, we have to provide for more resources, of course, but these resources also have to be specialized. These circumstances don't allow us to improvise. Therefore, we have to provide for everything in advance. I must emphasize that we have always tried to manage public funds with the utmost possible care.
Thus, I cannot give you any figures now, but we think that this will create added financial burdens. I intend to prepare this file before handing it over to my successor, so that he will be able, when the budgets of commissioners or officers of Parliament are examined, to provide you with figures. At this time, this would be premature.