This is a complicated discussion. This being my second day on the job, I look forward to your advice, your interpretation, and your view of this matter.
I would go back to my observations on the sustainable development strategies together with those of my predecessors, including Mr. Thompson. As an advocate for sustainable development, I think that the sustainable development strategies and the concept of sustainable development has now lost its operational focus. If you're trying to be an advocate for sustainable development, this committee affords an opportunity to put some concrete parameters around how elected officials and parliamentarians view the operational implications of sustainable development and sustainability.
Once the policy is articulated, the role of the commissioner and the Auditor General's office will be to see that the policies are implemented in an accountable and credible way.