It's a good question, Mr. Hogg, and I think the principles and values are there quite clearly. You broke it down really well: one to 11: principles and values, the details, commissioners and directors. We had a debate, or I still have a debate. Should we have a commissioner for the Cree? That's one of the 58. How about a commissioner for the Teslin Tlingit? That's another one. What about one for the Dene? That's another one. There are so many.
But again, what's their role? We don't want to take away from the focus. The focus is fluency, and that's what we have to keep our minds and hearts on.
The flexible approach from region to region—no question. The function of this commissioner and these directors was one of reporting and monitoring, reporting and function. Initially, in my mind, the word they use...were we going to have this commissioner as an officer of Parliament, like the Auditor General or the Privacy Commissioner or commissioner of the other languages? They are officers of Parliament. This one, as you can see in the act, is not like that yet. Maybe, but it's starting with something for monitoring and reporting back. It reports to the minister, then the minister has to make this report available to the 338 MPs. It's different.
The whole role.... I break it down to roles, responsibilities, authorities, powers and functions. The commissioner's role was just one of monitoring and reporting back. Remember, this legislation will have five-year reviews. Again, if things aren't perfect, you're going to get this done by the end of June and start it and build on it. If something's not working, we have a process to review and make it better. But the whole objective is statutory funding to make sure, as well, that these programs and policies and procedures that are going to be put in place bring back fluency. That's the objective.
Yes, I agree with the way you've set it up. But the principles and the values are key.