I will speak in French, if that's okay with you.
The commissioner of the environment and climate change, as I recommend he be renamed, should have an autonomous and substantial budget that would enable him to have access to the scientific expertise needed under his mandate. He should also decide on his own what public and private organizations to report on. In addition, he should have the authority to obtain from departments and other public organizations all the information required for his investigations. Parliamentarians and Canadians should also be able to challenge him. Finally, he should have freedom of speech. All those recommendations should apply as soon as the commissioner would be considered an officer of Parliament and an independent officer of Parliament.