It's interesting; the way I look at it is that it brings your proposal.... I mean, there is a very big difference between the federal commissioner and my office in terms of the way we're structured and the way we are intended to report to the legislature.
I see the provisions in this bill bringing in some of the better elements—well, what I would call “better elements”—in terms of public participation and the public's ability to access decision-making in the government and improve the role of the federal Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development in that the request for review and request for investigation allows the public to have a more direct and intimate relationship with the office, as they do with my office.
I don't think it fundamentally changes the main structure and difference, which is that the federal commissioner's office is primarily an audit office and my office is a policy office. But I think there's some tremendous value in allowing the public a little more “in”. With all due respect, an auditor's job is not a great public involvement job, although traditionally a valuable job. This allows the public to engage a little more, which I think would be an enhancement without actually undermining the structure and intent of the model that they work with.