As the committee perhaps knows, we have a number of advisory committees at the Office of the Auditor General of Canada. Among others, we have what are called the Panel of Senior Advisors and the Panel of Environmental Advisors. The people who are members of these advisory committees are very well known. Their names are all on our Web site, but I'll name a few. For example, Mr. Stuart Smith, Mr. Caccia and Ken Ogilvie are members of the Panel of Environmental Advisors. Our Panel of Senior Advisors consists, among others, of Mr. Broadbent, Mr. Clark, Mr. Ritchie, Mr. Gorbet, Lorna Marsden and Elizabeth Dowdeswell.
These are people with whom we discuss strategic issues of the Office. In the context of our discussions, they often tell us that there are groups that would like us to go further. I believe you only have to see the statements sometimes made in the newspapers to understand that some would like to see a more independent commissioner who is able to comment on policies.