From my experience, I think the separate entity is an important statement, because this is also about leadership, enabling culture change, bringing different groups together, and convening groups to look at difficult issues and develop appropriate solutions. It's not simply about monitoring. That's an important part of the role and it's important to hold people to account, but it's a much broader role than that, and I think basing it within the audit office in Canada limits its capacity to play that broader role. That would be my summary.
On April 12th, 2016. See this statement in context.