Let's go on to the question of the nature of the role of the commissioner and when the reporting should be. It seems to me that when Parliament passed the legislation to create the role of the commissioner, Parliament could have said, “We'd like the Auditor General's office to do more in terms of the environmental area”, but it specifically created the role of the commissioner. As I understand it, the act actually refers to the commissioner having an advocacy role.
Is that right? Is there no provision in that regard in the bill that was passed by Parliament? My understanding was.... Well, I'll have to have a look at it.